7. In the second year that Darius was emperor, on the 24th day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat), the Lord gave me a message in a vision at night.
8. I saw someone riding a red horse. He had stopped among some myrtle trees in a valley, and behind him were other horses — red, dappled, and white.
9. I asked him, “Sir, what do these horses mean?”He answered, “I will show you what they mean.
10. The Lord sent them to go and inspect the earth.”
11. They reported to the angel: “We have been all over the world and have found that the whole world lies helpless and subdued.”
12. Then the angel said, “Almighty Lord, you have been angry with Jerusalem and the cities of Judah for seventy years now. How much longer will it be before you show them mercy?”
13. The Lord answered the angel with comforting words,