Zechariah 1:19

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,

Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.

“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

“What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,

And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.

With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’

And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”