Zechariah 1:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² Then the angel of the Lord asked, “O Lord of hosts, how long will you withhold your mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah who have been the object of your wrath for the last seventy years?” ¹³ Thereupon, the Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who had talked with me.

¹⁴ The angel who was talking with me then said to me: Proclaim this message. Thus says the Lord of hosts: I feel very protective toward Jerusalem and Zion,