Zechariah 1:12

“Then the Angel of the Lord answered and said, etc.] The same that was among the myrtle trees in the bottom, (<380108>Zechariah 1:8,10,11): O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Judah; which were fallen to ruin, and had lain waste for many years. These words are expressive of the intercession of Christ on the behalf of the people of the Jews, his professing people, both with respect to their temporal and spiritual good: against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? the time of the Babylonish captivity, which lasted such a term of time, and which was a token of the divine displeasure with them; but to be reckoned, not…”

“Not only does Messiah stand among His people (the "myrtles," Zac 1:8), but intercedes for them with the Father ("Lord," or "Jehovah of hosts") effectively (Zac 1:13; Heb 7:25). Compare Psa 102:13-20; Isa 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. Rev 6:10, "How long," &c. Heretofore it was vain to pray, but now that the divinely appointed "threescore and ten years" (Jer 25:11; Jer 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…”

“And the Angel of the Lord answered - the implied longing, by intercession with God. As the angel-interpreter in Job had “the office of no mere created angel, but one, anticipative of His, who came at once to redeem and justify,” so the Angel of the Lord, in whom God was, exercised at once a mediatorial office with God, typical of our Lord’s high priest’s prayer John 17:0, and acted as God. These seventy years - The seventy years of the captivity, prophesied by Jeremiah Jeremiah 25:11-12; Jeremiah 29:10, were on the eve of their conclusion at the time of Daniel’s great prayer of intercession Daniel 9:2; they ended with the capture of Babylon, and the edict of Cyrus, permitting the Jews to…”

“Angel of the Lord - The angel, the Lord Christ. Zechariah 1:14”

“the angel: Zac 1:8, Zac 1:10, Zac 1:11; Exo 23:20-23; Isa 63:9; Heb 7:25 how: Psa 74:10, Psa 69:5, Psa 102:13; Isa 64:9-12; Rev 6:10 thou hast: Zac 7:5; Ch2 36:21; Jer 25:11, Jer 25:12, Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2 Zechariah 1:13”