13. the Lord--JEHOVAH, called "the angel of the Lord (Jehovah)"
(Zec 1:12).
good words and comfortable words--literally, "words, consolations."
The subject of these consolatory words is stated in
Zec 1:14,
&c.; the promise of full re-establishment,
Jer 29:10, 11
(compare
Isa 57:18;
Ho 11:8).
JFB.
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