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Zechariah 1:10
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Zechariah 1:10
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10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about[a] on the earth.”
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- Zechariah 1:10 sn The stem used here (Hitpael) with the verb “walk” (הָלַךְ, halakh) suggests the exercise of dominion (cf. Gen 13:17; Job 1:7; 2:2-3; Ezek 28:14; Zech 6:7). The Lord is here about to claim sovereignty over the nations. Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT “to patrol”; TEV “to go and inspect.”
Zechariah 1:11
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Zechariah 1:11
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11 The riders then agreed with the angel of the Lord,[a] who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”
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- Zechariah 1:11 sn The angel of the Lord is a special being who throughout the OT represents God himself and on occasion almost approaches divine hypostatization or incarnation (cf. Gen 18:2, 13, 17, 22; Exod 23:20-21; Josh 5:13-15; Judg 6:11-24; 13:2-20).
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