Patrol of the Earth

⁷ On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows: ⁸ I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a ^(A)red horse, and he was standing among the ^(B)myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, sorrel and ^(C)white horses behind him. ⁹ Then I said, “My ^(D)lord, what are these?” And the ^(E)angel who was speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.” ¹⁰ And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are those whom the Lord has sent to ^[a](F)patrol the earth.” ¹¹ So they answered the angel of the Lord who was ^(G)standing among the myrtle trees and said, “We have ^[b]patrolled the earth, and behold, ^(H)all the earth is ^[c]peaceful and quiet.”

¹² Then the angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, ^(I)how long will You ^(J)have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been ^(K)indignant these ^(L)seventy years?” ¹³ The Lord answered the ^(M)angel who was speaking with me with ^[d]gracious words, ^(N)comforting words. ¹⁴ So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “^(O)Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I am ^(P)exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion. ¹⁵ But I am very ^(Q)angry with the nations who are ^(R)at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they ^[e](S)furthered the disaster.” ¹⁶ Therefore thus says the Lord, “I will ^(T)return to Jerusalem with compassion; My ^(U)house will be built in it,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and a measuring ^(V)line will be stretched over Jerusalem.”’ ¹⁷ Again, proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “My ^(W)cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again ^(X)comfort Zion and again ^(Y)choose Jerusalem.”’”