“Then I said.
‘What are these?
My lord!’
The angel who talked with me
Said to me.
`I will show you
What they are.’
Then the man
Who was standing
Among the myrtle trees
Answered.
‘They are those
Whom Yahweh has sent
To patrol the earth.’
Then they spoke
To the angel of Yahweh,
Who was standing
Among the myrtle trees.
‘We have patrolled
the earth.
Look!
The whole earth
Remains at peace.’”
Zechariah had the same question, what was this all about? The angel of Yahweh told Zechariah that he would explain what was going on. Actually, the man standing among the myrtle trees did most of the talking. He said that these horses with their riders were patrolling the earth, like a worldwide police force that Yahweh had sent out. Then this man from the myrtle tree area spoke directly to the angel of Yahweh. He reported that they had patrolled the whole earth and there was peace everywhere. Apparently, during the early reign of the Persian King Darius I, there were very few disturbances.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 