1:9 Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger 1 who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.” 1:10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about 2 on the earth.” 1:11 The riders then agreed with the angel of the Lord, 3 who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.” 1:12 The angel of the Lord then asked, “Lord who rules over all, 4 how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem 5 and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?” 6