Zechariah 1:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹¹ Then they spoke to the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, ‘We have patrolled the earth, and lo, the whole earth remains at peace.’ ¹² Then the angel of the Lord said, ‘O Lord of hosts, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which you have been angry these seventy years?’ ¹³ Then the Lord replied with gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.