John Gill's Exposition on Zechariah 1:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they answered the Angel of the Lord, that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, etc.] That is, the ministering angels, signified by the red horses, speckled, and white, replied to what the Angel of the Lord had said concerning them; or rather agreed to and confirmed his account of them; or else gave up the account of their tour through the earth, with their observations upon the state of it: We have walked to and fro through the earth; according to their mission and commission: and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest; was free from wars, as it was in the reign of Darius; though the people of the Jews were infested with enemies, who gave them trouble, and hindered all they could the rebuilding of the temple; wherefore it follows:

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