Zechariah 1:10

And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said,.... And so prevented the angel from giving the account he was about to give; and who was more capable of it, and which to do was great…

And the man answered - To the question addressed to the attendant-angel. He himself took the word. These are they whom the Lord sent to walk up and down - Satan says of himself that he came “from…

The man that stood among the myrtle trees - The angel of the Covenant, as above, Zac 1:11.

Whom the Lord hath sent - Who are constituted guardians of the land.

We not come to visions and revelations of the Lord; for in that way God chose to speak by Zechariah, to awaken the people's attention, and to engage their humble reverence of the word and their humble…

the man i.e. the rider on the red horse of Zec 1:8, who, in answer it may be to a look or sign from the interpreting angel, takes upon himself to "shew" the prophet "what these be."