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Zechariah 1:10
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees, the first angel, answered and said, These are they whom the Lord hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth, to find out how matters stood everywhere.
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees, the first angel, answered and said, These are they whom the Lord hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth, to find out how matters stood everywhere.
Verse Zechariah 1:10. _THE MAN THAT STOOD AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES_] The angel of the Covenant, as above, Zechariah 1:11. _WHOM THE LORD HATH SENT_] Who are constituted guardians of the land....
AND THE MAN ANSWERED - To the question addressed to the attendant-angel. He himself took the word. THESE ARE THEY WHOM THE LORD SENT TO WALK UP AND DOWN - Satan says of himself that he came “from goin...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS 1. THE NIGHT VISIONS CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Zechariah 1:1) _ 2. The first night vision (Zechariah 1:7) 3. The second night vision (Zechariah 1:18)...
This section, to which Zechariah 1:7 is an editorial introduction, either is not the beginning of Zechariah's allegories, or has not come down to us in its original form, for the interpreting angel is...
_the man_ i.e. the rider on the red horse of Zechariah 1:8, who, in answer it may be to a look or sign from the interpreting angel, takes upon himself to "shew" the prophet "what these be....
CHAPTER XXVII A VISION OF HORSES Zechariah 1:7-17 RV. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Ze...
CHAPTER XXVIII A VISION OF FOUR HORNS AND SMITHS Zechariah 1:18-21 RV. And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns. And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And...
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. AND THE MAN THAT STOOD AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES ANSWERED...
LESSONS FROM THE PAST. THE FIRST AND SECOND VISIONS 1-6. The Prophet's message. He calls the people to repentance. 8-17. The First Vision: The Divine Messengers ever watching over the affairs of the...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ ‘The *prophet (Zechariah) said that these events would happen. And these events did happen.’ (Matthew 21:4) (A *prophet tells people what G...
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...
ANSWERED. — The question which Zechariah had put to the angel-interpreter. THE EARTH — _i.e.,_ the world, “all the earth” (Zechariah 1:11), not merely “the land of Israel,” as is often the meaning of...
וַ יַּ֗עַן הָ אִ֛ישׁ הָ עֹמֵ֥ד בֵּין
3. EXPOSITION OF THE SEVERAL VISIONS For 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 Febru...
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
A VISION OF PARDON AND RESTORATION Zechariah 1:1-17 Zechariah does not slur over the sins of the past, but lays stress on the divine forgiveness. His only fear is lest God should call in vain, and th...
About a month after Haggai's second message, in which he had encouraged the people who were in danger of being disheartened by the memory of the past, Zechariah uttered his first prophetic word. He ga...
_These are they, &c. The guardian angels of provinces and nations. (Challoner) --- The Jews believed that each nation had such an angel, who had to give an account to one in higher authority. God prop...
"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 prop...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
The Spirit of God begins with an exhortation, founded on the proofs that the history of the people supplied of the manner in which the word of the prophets had taken hold of them. Jehovah's displeasur...
AND THE MAN THAT STOOD AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES ANSWERED AND SAID,.... And so prevented the angel from giving the account he was about to give; and who was more capable of it, and which to do was great...
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These [are they] whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. Ver. 10. _And the man that stood among the myrtle trees...
_Then said I, O my Lord, what are these_ What is the meaning of these appearances, or visions? _And the angel that talked with me said_ “This was another heavenly minister, sent, probably, to present...
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...
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 myr...
THE MAN THAT STOOD AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES: see MALACHI 1:8. ANSWERED; gave answer to what I asked. THESE; horsemen. THEY WHOM THE LORD HATH SENT; a periphrasis of angels, who are servants and minister...
Zechariah 1:10 man H376 stood H5975 (H8802) trees H1918 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) LORD...
THE FIRST VISION. THE VISION OF THE HORSEMEN SCOUTS - GOD WILL NOW RESTORE HIS PEOPLE AND THE TEMPLE WILL BE BUILT (ZECHARIAH 1:7). Zechariah 1:7 ‘On the twenty fourth day of the eleventh month, whic...
Zechariah 1:7 The rider in the myrtle grove. I. The prophet saw a grove of myrtle trees in a hollow or low place. By the myrtle grove all are agreed is signified the covenant people, the nation of Is...
CONTENTS: Zechariah's symbolic visions, warning of Jehovah's dispreasure with the nations. CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: The judgments of God which those who went before us were un...
Zechariah 1:1. _Zechariah;_ that is, the memory of God; a name which might seem prophetic, for the Lord remembered his people while yet in Babylon. He was contemporary with Haggai, and acted in concer...
_I saw by night _ THE NIGHT VISION The anointed One of God and His kingdom are the centre and axis about which the fiery wheel of all Zechariah’s revelations and imagery turns. The vision in our te...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 1:1 Oracles and Visions. Zechariah’s sequence of visions in Zechariah 1:7 is interrupted by an oracle of restoration ...
ZECHARIAH 1:7 Eight Night Visions and a Sign-act. The eight visions that follow were all received in a single night shortly before the new year, a date often associated in the ancient Near East with t...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 1:10 The horsemen WHOM THE LORD HAS SENT TO PATROL THE EARTH are God’s angelic forces sent to gather accurate information for him....
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 1:5. FATHERS] have perished; their fate should warn you. But you may object, the _prophets_ also are dead, and apparently their words died with them. ZECHARIAH 1:6.] No; th...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-6:15 Part I. A SERIES OF EIGHT VISIONS, AND A SYMBOLICAL ACTION. ZECHARIAH 1:1 § 1. _Title of the book, and author. _THE EIGHTH MONTH. This was called Bul before the Captivit
Shall we tonight now get into our study in the book of Zechariah beginning with chapter 1. Now if you remember when we studied the book of Haggai last week, Haggai was dating his prophesies in the sec...
Ezekiel 1:5; Genesis 32:24; Hebrews 1:14; Hosea 12:3; Job 2:1;...
THE MAN AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES Zechariah 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The visions have to do primarily with God's dealings with His chosen people Israel. They will, however, be full of lessons for the sai...
These — Horsemen, are angels, who are ministers of the Divine Providence in the government of the world....