They reported to the LORD’s angel who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Zechariah 1:11 in context
Zechariah 1:8–14
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“I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.
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Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’”
The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
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The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to go back and forth through the earth.”
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They reported to the LORD’s angel who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace.”
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Then the LORD’s angel replied, “O LORD of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?”
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The LORD answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.
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