Zechariah 1:12

Zechariah 1:12

10 And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, ^a“These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth.”

11 ^aSo they answered the Angel of the Lord, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is¹ resting quietly.”

The Lord Will Comfort Zion

12 Then the Angel of the Lord answered and said, “O Lord of hosts, ^ahow long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry ^bthese seventy years?”

13 And the Lord answered the angel who talked to me, with ^agood and comforting words.

14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me,¹ “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“I am ^azealous for Jerusalem
And for Zion with great¹ zeal.

15 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease;
For ^aI was a little angry,
And they helped—but with evil intent.”

16 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord:
^a“I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy;
My ^bhouse ^cshall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts,
“And ^da surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’

17 “Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“My cities shall again¹ spread out through prosperity;
^aThe Lord will again comfort Zion,
And ^bwill again choose Jerusalem.” ’ ”

Vision of the Horns

18 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four ^ahorns.

19 And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” So he answered me, ^a“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Not only does Messiah stand among His people (the "myrtles," Zechariah 1:8), but intercedes for them with the Father ("Lord," or "Jehovah of hosts") effectively (Zechariah 1:13; Hebrews 7:25). Compare Psalms 102:13-20; Isaiah 62:6-7, as to Judah's restoration in answer to prayer.

answered and said—said in continuation of the discourse: proceeded to say.

how long—Messiah's people pray similarly to their Head. Revelation 6:10, "How long," etc. Heretofore it was vain to pray, but now that the divinely appointed "threescore and ten years" (Jeremiah 25:11; Jeremiah 29:10) are elapsed, it is time to pray to Thee for the fulfilment of Thy promise, seeing that Thy grace is not yet fully manifested, nor Thy promise fulfilled. God's promises are not to make us slothful, but to quicken our prayers. HENDERSON, dating the seventy years from the destruction of Jerusalem (588 BC), supposes two years of the seventy had yet to run (520 BC).

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