World English Bible
"Then I asked, 'My lord, what are these?'" The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these are.""
— Zechariah 1:9, World English Bible
“Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.”
“Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these are. ”
“The Interpretation of the First Vision Then I asked one nearby,“What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said,“I will show you what these are.””
“And I said: What are these, my Lord? and the angel that spoke in me, said to me: I will shew thee what these are:”
“Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.”
“Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.”
But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn't they overtake your fathers? "Then they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.'"
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
"I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.
Then I asked, 'My lord, what are these?'" The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these are."
The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, "They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth."
They reported to the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace."
Then the angel of Yahweh replied, "O Yahweh of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?"