Zechariah 1:9

Then said I, What are these, my lord? And the messenger who was speaking with me, said unto me, I, will shew thee what these, are.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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 looked by night, And lo! a man riding upon a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle trees, in the shade; and, after him, were horses, red, bay, and white.

10So the man who was standing among the myrtle-trees responded, and said,—These, are they whom Yahweh, hath sent, to go to and fro through the earth.

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Cross References

Daniel 7:16I drew near unto one of them who stood by, and made exact enquiry of him, concerning all this,—so he told me, and, the interpretation of the things, made he known unto me.

Daniel 8:16Then heard I a human voice, between [the banks of] the Ulai,—which cried out, and said, Gabriel! cause this man to understand the revelation.

Daniel 10:11Then said he unto me, O Daniel! man greatly delighted in! have understanding in the words which, I, am about to speak unto thee, and stand up where thou art, for, now, have I been sent unto thee. And, when he had spoken with me this word, I stood up trembling.

Zechariah 2:3And lo! the messenger who was talking with me, coming forward,—and another messenger, coming forward to meet him.

Zechariah 4:11Then responded I, and said unto him,—What are these two olive-trees, upon the right of the lampstand, and upon the left thereof?

Zechariah 6:4Then began I, and said, unto the messenger who was speaking 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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