⁹ Then I said, ‘What are these, my lord?’ ^(A)The angel who talked with me said to me, ‘I will show you what they are.’

¹³ And the Lord answered ^(A)gracious and comforting words to ^(B)the angel who talked with me.

¹⁴ So ^(A)the angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(B)I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.

¹⁹ And I said to ^(A)the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, ^(B)“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

⁵³ you who received the law ^(A)as delivered by angels and ^(B)did not keep it.”

¹⁹ Why then the law? ^(A)It was added because of transgressions, ^(B)until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ^(C)put in place through angels ^(D)by an intermediary.

² For since ^(A)the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and ^(B)every transgression or disobedience received a just ^(C)retribution,