Zechariah 1:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹ Then they responded to the Lord’s messenger,
    who was standing among the myrtles,
        “We have patrolled the earth. The whole earth is peaceful and quiet.”
¹² Then the Lord’s messenger, who was speaking with me, said:
    “Lord of heavenly forces,
            how long will you withhold compassion from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah,
                with whom you have been angry these seventy years?”
¹³ The Lord responded to the messenger who was speaking with me
    with kind and compassionate words.