¹⁵ and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters”—as it is written.^[a]

¹⁰ Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to go throughout the earth.”^(A)

¹¹ And they reported to the angel of the Lord^(B) who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace.”^(C)