Zechariah 1:14-16

International Standard Version

The Lord’s Concern for Zion

¹⁴ Then the angel who was speaking to me told me, “Announce this: ‘This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: “I have a deep concern for Jerusalem, a great concern for Zion. ¹⁵ I am deeply angry with the nations who are complacent, with whom I was only a little displeased—but they made things worse!” ¹⁶ ‘Therefore this is what the Lord says: “I have returned to Jerusalem with compassionate intentions. My Temple will be rebuilt there,” declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, “and the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.”’”