Verse 12
Then the angel of the Lord addressed sovereign Yahweh. Clearly they were separate persons. He asked the Lord how long He planned to remain bent on disciplining Jerusalem and the cities of Judah (i.e., the Israelites), which He had done in His indignation for the last 70 years (i.e., the Captivity; cf. Jeremiah 25:11-12). That prophesied period was now over, but the Israelites were still oppressed and under foreign domination.
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