⁹ I asked, “What are these, my lord?”

The angel^(A) who was talking with me answered, “I will show you what they are.”^(B)

¹¹ And they reported to the angel of the Lord^(A) who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace.”^(B)

¹² Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord Almighty, how long^(A) will you withhold mercy^(B) from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah,^(C) which you have been angry with these seventy^(D) years?”

¹³ So the Lord spoke^(A) kind and comforting words^(B) to the angel who talked with me.^(C)