the Lord i.e. Jehovah. This may either mean, that Almighty God answered from heaven the intercession of the Angel of the Lord (Zechariah 1:12), not to himself directly, but to the interpreting angel, by words which, whether he heard them himself or gathered their import from the angel's address to him (Zechariah 1:14), the prophet knew to be "good, even comfortable;" or the Angel of the Lord of Zechariah 1:12 may be here identified with Jehovah (comp. Genesis 18:1-2; Genesis 18:13; Genesis 18:17; Genesis 18:22; Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:2). and represented as Himself communicating to the interpreting angel the answer, which He had received from heaven.

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