11. The attendant angels report to the Lord of angels, "the
earth . . . is at rest." The flourishing state of the heathen
"earth," while Judah was desolate and its temple not yet restored, is
the powerful plea in the Divine Angel's intercession with God the
Father in
Zec 1:12.
When Judah was depressed to the lowest point, and the heathen elated to
the highest, it was time for Jehovah to work for His people.
sitteth still--dwells surely.
JFB.
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