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Then the angel of the LORD said, "LORD of armies, ^(C1)how long will You ^(C2)take no pity on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been ^(C3)indignant for these ^(C4)seventy years?"

And the LORD responded to the ^(C1)angel who was speaking with me with ^(F1)gracious words, ^(C2)comforting words.

So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, "^(C1)Proclaim, saying, 'This is what the LORD of armies says: "I am ^(C2)exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.

"But I am very ^(C1)angry with the nations who are ^(C2)carefree; for while I was only a little angry, they ^(F1)(C3)furthered the disaster."

'Therefore the LORD says this: "I will ^(C1)return to Jerusalem with compassion; My ^(C2)house will be built in it," declares the LORD of armies, "and a measuring ^(C3)line will be stretched over Jerusalem."'

"Again, proclaim, saying, 'This is what the LORD of armies says: "My ^(C1)cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again ^(C2)comfort Zion and again ^(C3)choose Jerusalem."'"

^(F1)Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns.

So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these?" And he said to me, "These are the ^(C1)horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."

Then the LORD showed me four ^(C1)craftsmen.

And I said, "What are these coming to do?" And he said, "These are the ^(C1)horns that have scattered Judah so that no one lifts up his head; but these craftsmen have come to frighten them, to ^(C2)throw down the horns of the nations who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah in order to scatter it."