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I asked, “What are these, my lord?” Then the angel who spoke with me answered, “I will show you what these are.”
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And they answered the angel of the Lord, who was standing among the myrtle trees: “We have been patrolling the earth, and now the whole earth rests quietly.”
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Then the angel of the Lord replied, “Lord of hosts, how long will you be without mercy for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that have felt your anger these seventy years?”
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To the angel who spoke with me, the Lord replied favorably, with comforting words.
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Oracular Response. The angel who spoke with me then said to me, Proclaim: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion intensely jealous.
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Then I asked the angel who spoke with me, “What are those?” He answered, “Those are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
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Then the angel who spoke with me advanced as another angel came out to meet him
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Chapter 3
Prophetic Vision: Joshua the High Priest. Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, while the adversary stood at his right side to accuse him.
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And the angel of the Lord said to the adversary, “May the Lord rebuke you, O adversary; may the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”
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Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clad in filthy garments.
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Then the angel said to those standing before him, “Remove his filthy garments.” And to him he said, “Look, I have taken your guilt from you, and I am clothing you in stately robes.”
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Then he said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” And they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with the garments while the angel of the Lord was standing by.
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Then the angel of the Lord charged Joshua:
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Chapter 4
Fourth Vision: The Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees. Then the angel who spoke with me returned and aroused me, like one awakened from sleep.
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Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, “What are these things, my lord?”
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And the angel who spoke with me replied, “Do you not know what these things are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
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Sixth Vision: The Basket of Wickedness. Then the angel who spoke with me came forward and said to me, “Raise your eyes and look. What is this that comes forth?”
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I said to the angel who spoke with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
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I asked the angel who spoke with me, “What are these, my lord?”
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The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the heavens, which are coming forth after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
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On that day the Lord will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David on that day; and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.