Then the angel speaking with me came forward, and said to me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is appearing.”
He said to me: “Son of man, lift your eyes toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north. Behold, north of the gate of the altar, was this image provoking jealousy in the entrance.
Then the angel speaking to me said, ‘Cry out saying, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “I am exceedingly zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion
Then I asked, ‘What are these, my lord?’ Now the angel speaking with me said to me, ‘I will show you what these are.’
Then Adonai showed me four craftsmen.
The angel who spoke with me responded by asking me, ‘You do not know what these are?’ I replied, ‘No, my lord.’