Matthew Poole Commentary - Zechariah 1:11 - 1:11

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Zechariah 1:11 - 1:11


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They; the ministerial angels, signified by the horses and horsemen.



Answered the angel of the Lord; or rather, the Angel the Lord, the uncreated Angel, who sent them out, and receives account what they had done.



We have walked to and fro; as men who would give an exact account, survey every part, so we have searched all nations and kingdoms, walked the length and breadth of them.



Through the earth; the world, but chiefly through the Babylonish empire, which accounts itself lord of all the earth.



Behold; it is wonderful to be seen, and therefore we beseech time, O Lord, to behold and consider this.



All the earth sitteth still; as having ended their toil, or weathered the storm, composed their differences, and sheathed their swords; are full of peace, and sit still to take their ease.



And is at rest; either the same thing repeated, to heighten the quiet of these states, or to confirm the truth of the thing, or to express the inward quiet of mind the people had with their outward quiet. The public peaceable, and every one’s mind satisfied, this is the state of the earth, the empire which at that time ruled all.