Commentary for Zechariah 1:9

And I said to one angel who showed me all this. “What are these, my lord?” He was the one riding on the red horse.

" And I said he that spake with me, said." This answers ,to what is said above, " The word of the Lord was to Zechariah."

" I will show thee" (literally, I will cause thee to see). He ought to have said, I will cause thee to hear, for he did not show him any thing more than the vision of the horses, which he had shown him from the beginning. " I will show thee," may mean, I will cause thee to hear ; for the sense of seeing is employed figuratively for the other senses, as it is said, " And all the people saw the thunderings." (Exodus 20:15) " See the smell of my son." (Genesis 27:27.) But the literal interpretation of " I will show thee," is also good, for it may refer to the other vision of the four horns, which is clearer than this, though he did not understand it until it was explained to him.