And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
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Gill's Exposition
And he answered me, and said,.... That is, the angel answered to the prophet's questions:
Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord; See Gill on Zac 4:5.
Barnes' Notes
What are the two spikes of the olive? - Comparing the extreme branches of the olive-tree, laden with their fruit, to the ears of corn, which “were by or in the hand of the golden pipes, which empty…
Adam Clarke
What be these two olive branches - That is, two boughs laden with branches of olive berries.
Enough is said to Zechariah to encourage him, and to enable him to encourage others, with reference to the good work of building the temple which they were now about, and that was the principal…
Cambridge Bible
olive branches Having seen the vision (1 3), and received a general explanation of it (4 10), Zechariah now desires a further explanation of one particular feature (11 14). What, he asks, are the two…