Zec 1:8-11 | TNotes | STEP | 1:8 The vision during the night follows a standard pattern: an introductory statement, a description of the vision, the prophet’s request for an interpretation, and an angelic explanation. • The myrtle trees were probably in the wooded Kidron valley outside of Jerusalem. The Lord had symbolically returned to the city’s outskirts but had not yet entered Jerusalem because the Temple was still under construction. • The colors of the red, brown, and white horses are not significant to this vision’s meaning. These angelic riders patrolled the earth (1:10 ), showing God’s continuing concern over Jerusalem.

a1:8►

b1:10►

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d1:11►

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fGen 16:7-13►

gExod 23:23►

h32:34►

iJudg 13:21-22►

‏ Zechariah 1:8-11

1:8 ^a The vision during the night follows a standard pattern: an introductory statement, a description of the vision, the prophet’s request for an interpretation, and an angelic explanation.

• The myrtle trees were probably in the wooded Kidron valley outside of Jerusalem. The Lord had symbolically returned to the city’s outskirts but had not yet entered Jerusalem because the Temple was still under construction.

• The colors of the red, brown, and white horses are not significant to this vision’s meaning. These angelic riders patrolled the earth (1:10 ^b), showing God’s continuing concern over Jerusalem.
1:10 ^c Patrol suggests the angelic riders’ ongoing scrutiny of the earth.
1:11 ^d The man sitting on a red horse among the myrtle trees (1:8 ^e) is called the angel of the Lord (cp. Gen 16:7-13 ^f; Exod 23:23 ^g; 32:34 ^h; Judg 13:21-22 ⁱ).