And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me [with] good words [and] comfortable words (1:13)

So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy (1:14)

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen [that are] at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction (1:15)

Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem (1:16)

Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem (1:17)

Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns (1:18)

And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What [be] these? And he answered me, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem (1:19)

And the Lord showed me four carpenters (1:20)

Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up [their] horn over the land of Judah to scatter it (1:21)

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