13. The Lord answered the angel with comforting words,
14. and the angel told me to proclaim what the Lord Almighty had said: “I have a deep love and concern for Jerusalem, my holy city,
15. and I am very angry with the nations that enjoy quiet and peace. For while I was holding back my anger against my people, those nations made the sufferings of my people worse.
16. So I have come back to Jerusalem to show mercy to the city. My Temple will be restored, and the city will be rebuilt.”
17. The angel also told me to proclaim: “The Lord Almighty says that his cities will be prosperous again and that he will once again help Jerusalem and claim the city as his own.”
18. In another vision I saw four ox horns.
19. I asked the angel that had been speaking to me, “What do these horns mean?”He answered, “They stand for the world powers that have scattered the people of Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
20. Then the Lord showed me four workers with hammers.
21. I asked, “What have they come to do?”He answered, “They have come to terrify and overthrow the nations that completely crushed the land of Judah and scattered its people.”