Zechariah 1:13

"The LORD answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words."

Key Reflection

In the context of Zechariah's visions, God responds to an angel who has been conversing with him, offering kind and comforting words. This would have reassured the people of Judah after years of exile in Babylon, reminding them that despite their suffering, God remained faithful and would eventually bring comfort and restoration, aligning with His earlier promises through Jeremiah (Jeremiah 29:10).

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me -Either directly, at the intercession of the angel of the Lord, or mediately through an answer first given to him, and by him communicated to the subordinate angel. Neither is expressed. Good words -As God had promised, “after seventy years shall be accomplished at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word unto you, causing you to return to this place”Jeremiah 29:10; and Joshua says, “There failed not ought of any good word which the Lord spake unto the house of Israel” (Joshua 21:43(45 English) addJoshua 23:14-15). Comfortable words -Literally, “consolations” (asIsaiah 57:18;Isaiah 57:18).

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