Zechariah 1:13
Good News Translation
The LORD answered the angel with comforting words,

New Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD replied with gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD's answer was kind and comforting.

New American Bible
To the angel who spoke with me, the LORD replied favorably, with comforting words.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord answered the angel, that spoke in me, good words, comfortable words.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord answered the angel, that spoke in me, good words, comfortable words.

with good.

Zechariah 1:14-16 And the angel that spoke in me, said to me: Cry thou, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem, and Sion with a great zeal. . . .

Zechariah 2:4-12 And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof. . . .

Zechariah 8:2-8,19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have been jealous for Sion with a great jealousy, and with a great indignation have I been jealous for her. . . .

Isaiah 40:1,2 Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God. . . .

Jeremiah 29:10 For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place.

Jeremiah 30:10-22 Therefore fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for behold, I will save thee from a country afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity: and Jacob shall return, and be at rest, and abound with all good things, and there shall be none whom he may fear: . . .

Jeremiah 31:3-14 The Lord hath appeared from afar to me. Yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee. . . .

Amos 9:11-15 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us. . . .

Zephaniah 3:14-20 Give praise, O daughter of Sion: shout, O Israel: be glad, and rejoice with all thy heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. . . .

Context
The Vision of the Horses
12And the angel of the Lord answered, and said: O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Juda, with which thou hast been angry? this is now the seventieth year. 13And the Lord answered the angel, that spoke in me, good words, comfortable words.14And the angel that spoke in me, said to me: Cry thou, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem, and Sion with a great zeal.…
Cross References
Isaiah 40:1
Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.

Isaiah 40:2
Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.

Isaiah 57:18
I saw his ways, and I healed him, and brought him back, and restored comforts to him, and to them that mourn for him.

Daniel 12:6
And I said to the man that was clothed in linen, that stood upon the waters of the river: How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

Zechariah 1:9
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:

Zechariah 4:1
And the angel that spoke in me came again: and he waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

Zechariah 1:12
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