I asked the angel who was talking with me, “My lord, what do these horses mean?” “I will show you,” the angel replied.
Then in my dream, the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Yes, here I am.’
So I approached one of those standing beside the throne and asked him what it all meant. He explained it to me like this:
And the Lord spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.
“What are these?” I asked the angel who was talking with me. He replied, “These horns represent the nations that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.
Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand,
Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, “Look up and see what’s coming.”