Zechariah 4:5

5 And the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

Zechariah 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 4:5

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto
me
Either to upbraid him with his ignorance and stupidity; or rather to quicken his attention, and that of others, to the interpretation of it he was about to give him: Knowest thou not what these be?
art thou ignorant of the design of them? or knowest thou not what is meant by them? and I said, No, my lord;
he made an ingenuous confession of his ignorance, joined with great respect unto, and veneration of, the angel that conversed with him.

Zechariah 4:5 In-Context

3 and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.

4 And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5 And the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

6 And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.

7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou dost become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it!