Zechariah 4:6

"Then the angel who talked with me answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”"

Key Reflection

Zechariah 4:6 presents a dialogue between an angel and the prophet Zechariah, occurring in a vision about the restoration of Jerusalem’s temple. For Zechariah's original audience, this exchange would have been part of a broader prophetic message encouraging faith and compliance with God's plans for rebuilding the temple despite ongoing challenges. The question "Don’t you know what these are?" would have resonated as it reflects the divine revelation meant to guide and reassure the people of Israel during a time of uncertainty and opposition.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel -Osorius: “As if he were to say, the meaning of the vision and scope of what has been exhibited is, ‘God’s doings have almost cried aloud to Zerubbabel that all these visions shall come to an end in their time, not effected by human might nor in fleshly strength, but in power of the Holy Spirit and through Divine Will.’ For the Only Begotten became Man as we are, but He warred not after the flesh, to set up the Church as a candlestick to the world, nor did He, through sensible weapons and armed phalanxes, make those two people His own, or place the

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