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Zechariah 1:12

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Then the Angel of the Lord answered and said,.... The same that was among the myrtle trees in the bottom, Zec 1:8:O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Judah; which were fallen to ruin, and had lain waste for many years.

These words are expressive of the intercession of Christ on the behalf of the people of the Jews, his professing people, both with respect to their temporal and spiritual good:against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

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