Zechariah 1:11

11 Then the other riders reported to the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been patrolling the earth, and the whole earth is at peace.”

Zechariah 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 1:11

And they answered the Angel of the Lord, that stood among
the myrtle trees, and said
That is, the ministering angels, signified by the red horses, speckled, and white, replied to what the Angel of the Lord had said concerning them; or rather agreed to and confirmed his account of them; or else gave up the account of their tour through the earth, with their observations upon the state of it: We have walked to and fro through the earth;
according to their mission and commission: and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest;
was free from wars, as it was in the reign of Darius; though the people of the Jews were infested with enemies, who gave them trouble, and hindered all they could the rebuilding of the temple; wherefore it follows:

Zechariah 1:11 In-Context

9 I asked the angel who was talking with me, “My lord, what do these horses mean?” “I will show you,” the angel replied.

10 The rider standing among the myrtle trees then explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent out to patrol the earth.”

11 Then the other riders reported to the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been patrolling the earth, and the whole earth is at peace.”

12 Upon hearing this, the angel of the LORD prayed this prayer: “O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, for seventy years now you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. How long until you again show mercy to them?”

13 And the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.