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Zechariah 1:18-21

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

18. Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. 19. And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What [be] these? And he answered me, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 20. And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. 21. Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up [their] horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

Zechariah 1:18-21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 1:18

Theological / Devotional

Four horns. The second vision (vs. 18-21; in the Hebrew, ch. 2:1-4) shows the means by which God planned to fulfill His purpose. The horns are clearly defined as the powers that had “scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem” (v. 19; see PK 581). The number “four” may denote universality as suggested by the four points of the compass (see Dan. 8:8; 11:4) to which Israel had been scattered (Zech. 1:21; cf. ch. 2:6; see on ch. 1:8).

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