I said, “Sir, what are these horses for?” Then the angel speaking to me said, “I will show you what these horses are for.”

Then the horses spoke to the Lord’s angel standing among the myrtle bushes and said, “We have walked here and there on the earth, and everything is calm and quiet.”

Then the Lord’s angel said, “Lord All-Powerful, how long before you comfort Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? You have shown your anger at these cities for 70 years now.”

Then the Lord answered the angel who was talking with me. He spoke good, comforting words.

Then the angel told me to tell the people this: The Lord All-Powerful says: “I have a strong love for Jerusalem and Zion.

The angel also said, “The Lord All-Powerful says, ‘My towns will be rich again. I will comfort Zion. I will again choose Jerusalem to be my special city.’”

So I asked the angel who was talking with me, “What do these horns mean?” He said, “These are the horns that forced the people of Israel, Judah, and Jerusalem to go to foreign countries.”

Then the angel who was speaking to me left, and another angel went out to talk to him.

The High Priest

The angel showed me Joshua the high priest, standing in front of the angel of the Lord and Satan was standing by Joshua’s right side. Satan was there to accuse Joshua of doing wrong.

Then the angel of the Lord said, “The Lord says that you are wrong, and he will continue to correct you! The Lord has chosen Jerusalem to be his special city. He saved that city—it was like a burning stick pulled from the fire.”

Joshua was wearing a dirty robe as he stood in front of the angel.

Then the angel said to the other angels standing near him, “Take those dirty clothes off Joshua.” Then the angel spoke to Joshua. He said, “Now, I have taken away your guilt, and I am giving you a new change of clothes.”

Then I said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put the clean turban on him and also put clean clothes on him while the Lord’s angel stood there.

Then the Lord’s angel said this to Joshua:

This is what the Lord All-Powerful said: “Live the way I tell you, and do everything I say. And you will be in charge of my Temple. You will take care of its courtyard. You will be free to go anywhere in my Temple, just as these angels standing here.

The Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees

Then the angel who was talking to me returned and woke me up. I was like a person waking up from sleep.

Then the angel asked me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a solid gold lampstand. There are seven lamps on the lampstand, and there is a bowl on top of it. There are seven tubes coming from the bowl. One tube goes to each lamp. The tubes bring the oil in the bowl to each of the lamps.

Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Sir, what do these things mean?”

The angel speaking with me said, “Don’t you know what these things are?” “No sir,” I said.

Then the angel said to me, “Don’t you know what these things mean?” I said, “No, sir.”

The angel asked me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a flying scroll that is 30 feet long and 15 feet wide.”

Then the angel told me, “There is a curse written on that scroll. On one side of the scroll, there is a curse against thieves and on the other side is a curse against people who lie when they make promises.

The Woman and the Bucket

The angel who was talking to me went outside and said, “Look! What do you see coming?”

The angel said, “The woman represents evil.” Then the angel pushed the woman down into the bucket and put the lead lid back on it.

Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they carrying the bucket?”