14. So the angel who spoke with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:“I am zealous for JerusalemAnd for Zion with great zeal.
15. I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease;For I was a little angry,And they helped—but with evil intent.”
16. ‘Therefore thus says the Lord:“I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy;My house shall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts,“And a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’
17. “Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:“My cities shall again spread out through prosperity;The Lord will again comfort Zion,And will again choose Jerusalem.” ’ ”
18. Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four horns.
19. And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?”So he answered me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
20. Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.