^{12 Ref} Then the angel of the Lord, answering, said, O Lord of armies, how long will it be before you have mercy on Jerusalem and on the towns of Judah against which your wrath has been burning for seventy years?

^{13 Ref} And the Lord gave an answer in good and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.

^{14 Ref} And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion.

^{15 Ref} And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.

^{16 Ref} So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out over Jerusalem.

^{17 Ref} And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.