speak unto the priests, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 17:9; Deuteronomy 33:10). App-92.
the LORD of hosts. See note on Zechariah 1:3.
in the fifth month. See note on Zechariah 7:5.
as. according as.
these so many years. now so many years. Some codices read "seventy years", as in Zechariah 7:5