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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 1:9

(9) O my lord.—This is addressed to “the angel that talked with me,” or, perhaps, in me, according as we regard him as discharging the office of the Virgil of Dante, or the Daimon of Socrates (but, see Lawes’ History of Philosophy). LXX., ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοί. This is the angel-interpreter, whose office it was to interpret the visions (Zechariah 1:18; Zechariah 2:3; Zechariah 4:1; Zechariah 4:4-5; Zechariah 5:5-10; Zechariah 6:4), and who is often referred to simply as “he.”I will shew thee.—viz.,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:7-17

3. EXPOSITION OF THE SEVERAL VISIONSFor all the Visions there is one date, "in the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius." that is, January or February, 519; and one Divine impulse, "the Word of Jehovah came to the prophet Zekharyah, son of Berekhyahu, son of Iddo, as follows."THE FIRST VISION: THE ANGEL-HORSEMENZechariah 1:7-17The seventy years which Jeremiah had fixed for the duration of the Babylonian servitude were drawing to a close. Four... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:7-21

THE SECOND VISION: THE FOUR HORNS AND THE FOUR SMITHS{Zechariah 2:1-4}The Second Vision supplies what is lacking in the First, the destruction of the tyrants who have oppressed Israel. The prophet sees four horns, which, he is told by his interpreting angel, are the powers that have scattered Judah. The many attempts to identify these with four heathen nations are ingenious but futile. "Four horns were seen as representing the totality of Israel’s enemies-her enemies from all quarters." And to... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zechariah 1:1-21

Analysis and Annotations 1. THE NIGHT VISIONS CHAPTER 1 1. The introduction (Zechariah 1:1-6 ) 2. The first night vision (Zechariah 1:7-17 ) 3. The second night vision (Zechariah 1:18-21 ) Zechariah 1:1-6 . The first utterance of Zechariah concerns the past. “The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.” They were a disobedient, stiff-necked people. The pre-exilic prophets had called them to repentance, but they did not hearken. Then he gives the message to turn to the Lord,... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1:1-21

God's Call to Return to Him (vv. 1-6) Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers." He was the son of Berechiah ("Jehovah blesses") who was the son of Iddo ("the appointed time"). Israel had long been in a depressed state. It seemed as though God had forgotten them, but He remembers, and in His own appointed time He returns to them in blessing. But the measure of revival and blessing in Zechariah's day was very limited, and Israel lapsed again into a depressed condition that was still seen... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:1-21

THE PROPHET ’S OWN TIME Zechariah, like Haggai, had a twofold mission, to strengthen the hands of Israel for the rebuilding of the temple, and to quicken their hope as the earlier prophets had done, by painting in glowing colors the coming time of triumph over every foe. This mission is set before us in a two-fold division of the book. Chapters 1-8 give us a series of prophetic visions bearing primarily, upon the prophet’s own time, while chapters 9-14 deal chiefly with the events... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Zechariah 1:1-9

Spiritual Times and Seasons Zec 1:1-9 We dislike men who know the day upon which they were converted. We have lived, by the temptation of the devil, down to that low point. Our reason for disliking such men is that we do not know the day of our own conversion; and if we do not know when we were converted, how is it possible for any one else to know when he was converted? All the prophets must go down before this narrow and shallow criticism of ours, because they give the day and the date, and... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Zechariah 1:1-21

The Spiritual Jerusalem Zechariah 2:0 The prophet Zechariah is so apocalyptic in his way of seeing everything, and stating what he does see, that it is next to impossible to give a final literal interpretation of his prophecy. His book in the Old Testament takes some such place as the revelation of John the Divine in the New Testament It should always be remembered that apocalyptic writing cannot be literally interpreted, and therefore readers should be very careful how they build large and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 1:7-17

"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 the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1:7-17

7-17 The prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This represented the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man like a warrior sat on a red horse, in the midst of this shady myrtle-grove. Though the church was in a low condition, Christ was present in the midst, ready to appear for the relief of his people. Behind him were angels ready to be employed by him, some in acts of judgment, others of mercy, others in mixed events. Would we know something of the mysteries of the... read more