Zechariah 1:9

Then said I, “My Lord, what are these?” And the messenger who was talking with me said, “I will show you what they are.”

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Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

In Context

8I saw in the night a man on a red horse, among the myrtle trees that were in the valley-bottom. Behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

10And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, “They are those whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.”

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Cross References

Zechariah 2:3Then the messenger who talked with me stepped forward, and another messenger went out to meet him,

Zechariah 4:11Again I asked, “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the candlestick and on its left side?”

Zechariah 6:4Then I said to the messenger who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

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 →

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