4. Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. They were warned by the earlier prophets to give up their evil and turn back to me, but they paid no attention.
5. Where are your ancestors now? Not even prophets live for ever.
6. But my warnings and my words spoken by the prophets caught up with your ancestors. So they turned back to me and said, “Lord All-Powerful, you have punished us for our sins, just as you had planned.”
9. An angel was there to explain things to me, and I asked, “Sir, who are these riders?”“I'll tell you,” the angel answered.