Zechariah 1:10
The man who was there among the myrtle trees said, “These are the ones the Lord has sent out to patrol the earth.”
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9I asked him, “My lord, what are these?” The angel I was talking to replied, “I will show you.”
Cross References
Job 1:7The Lord asked Satan, “What have you been doing?” “Traveling around on earth, going here and there,” Satan replied.
Psalms 103:20Praise the Lord, you angels, you powerful ones who do what he says, listening to what he tells you!
Hosea 12:3Even in the womb he fought with his brother; when he became a man he fought with God.
Zechariah 1:11The riders reported to the angel of the Lord who was among the myrtle trees, “We have been patrolling the earth and saw that the whole earth has been pacified.”
Zechariah 5:7Then the lead lid was lifted from the barrel and there was a woman sitting inside.
Zechariah 6:7When the strong horses came out they were eager to set off to patrol the earth. And he said, “Go and patrol the earth!” So they left and patrolled the earth.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 1:8-18
The Vision of the Horse and Myrtles; Intercession for Jerusalem. ( b. c. 520.) 7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And… Read the whole commentary →