⁹ I asked, “What are these, sir?”

The angel who was talking with me answered. He said, “I’ll show you what they are.”

¹³ Then the Lord answered the angel who was talking with me. His words were comforting and good.

¹⁴ Then the angel told me, “Announce this: This is what the Lord of heaven’s armies says: ‘I have a strong love for Jerusalem.

¹⁹ I asked the angel who was talking with me, “What are these?”

He said, “These are the strong nations that scattered the people of Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.”