So I answered, and spake to the angel that talked with me,.... The same that awoke him out of sleep, and asked him what he saw:saying, What [are] these, my lord? that is, what do they signify? what do they represent?
or what are they emblems of?
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Zechariah 4:4
Zechariah 4:4
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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