3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
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And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
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. …
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)This prophet was ordered, in God’s name, to assure the people (Zech. 1:16) that a line should be stretched forth upon Jerusalem . Now here we have that promise illustrated and confirmed, that the prophet might deliver that part of his message to the people with the more clearness and assurance. I. He sees, in a vision, a man going to measure Jerusalem ( Zech. 2:1 , 2 ): He lifted up his eyes again…
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