11. Then they spoke to the Lord’s angel. He was standing among the myrtle trees. They said, “We have gone through all the earth. Everything is calm and quiet.”
12. Then the Lord’s angel asked, “Lord of heaven’s armies, how long before you show mercy to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? You have been angry with them for 70 years now.”
13. Then the Lord answered the angel who was talking with me. His words were comforting and good.
14. Then the angel told me, “Announce this: This is what the Lord of heaven’s armies says: ‘I have a strong love for Jerusalem.
15. And I am very angry with the nations that feel so safe. I was only a little angry, but they made things worse for my people.’