Zechariah 1:13

And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me,.... See Zac 1:9 what was the effect of Christ's intercession for the people of the Jews, was communicated to a ministering angel, and by him to the…

And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me - Either directly, at the intercession of the angel of the Lord, or mediately through an answer first given to him, and by him communicated to the…

The Lord answered the angel - And the angel told the prophet that the answer was gracious and comfortable. This answer is given in the next verse.

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 Lord i.e. Jehovah. This may either mean, that Almighty God answered from heaven the intercession of the Angel of the Lord (Zec 1:12), not to himself directly, but to the interpreting angel, by…