Zechariah 1:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ I asked, “What are these, ·sir [or my lord]?”

The ·angel [messenger] who was talking with me answered, “I’ll show you what they are.”

¹⁰ Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord ·sent [^Lsent to walk/patrol] through all the earth.”

¹¹ Then they spoke to the ·Lord’s angel [or angel of the Lord; ^Can OT figure closely identified with the Lord himself; Gen. 16:11; 22:11–12], who was standing among the myrtle trees. They said, “We have ·gone [walked; patrolled] through all the earth, and [^Llook; ^Tbehold] everything is calm and quiet.”