Zechariah 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And said unto him; or, And he said; or, as the French, Lequel lui dit, Which said unto him: so it is plain that the Angel which now was going forth spake to that angel which came to meet him, or gave him orders what to do. Run; since you came so seasonably, hasten with all diligence, and from me tell that young man, Zechariah. Jerusalem, which hath so long lain in rubbish, which I once delighted in, which now seems desolate and hopeless, shall be inhabited, filled with inhabitants, as towns without walls; the suburbs of it shall be as towns unwalled for greatness of extent, and for safety and freedom from enemies and danger: their own multitudes of men shall be some safeguard to them; and they shall have my presence, a better safeguard. Cattle, brought thither for sacred uses, for sacrifices.