Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 1:11

11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the Myrtle trees s, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth , and behold all the earth sitteth still and is at rest .

The ministerial Angels, signified by the horses and horsemen.

Or rather the Angel, the Lord, the uncreated Angel, who sent them out, and receives account what they had done.

As men who would give an exact account, survey every part, so we have search'd all Nations, and Kingdoms; walk'd the length and breadth of them.

The World, but chiefly through the Babylonish Empire, which accounts it self Lord of all the Earth.

'Tis wonderful to be seen, and therefore we beseech thee, O Lord, to behold, and consider this.

As having ended their Toil, or weather'd the storm, composed their differences, and shea[illegible: 1 letter]h'd their Swords, are full of peace, and sit still to take their case.

Either the same thing repeated, to heighten the quiet of these states, or to confirm the Truth of the thing, or to express the inward quiet of mind the people had with their outward quiet. The publick peaceable, and every ones mind satisfied, this is the state of the Earth, the Empire which at that time ruled all.