So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
What are these, my lord? The prophet instructed in the truths meant, that we may read them with the greater reverence and attention (Calvin).
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Zechariah 4:4
4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?