And I said, “What are these coming to do?” And he said, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah so that no one lifts up his head; but these craftsmen have come to frighten them, to throw down the horns of the nations who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah in order to scatter it.”
Commentaries
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A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.
Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic la…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Now follows another vision, by which God confirms what He had previously testified to His Prophet. He then says that though enemies should rise up …
John Gill
JohnGill
Then said I, What come these to do? That is, these four carpenters; for, being artificers or workmen, as the Targum rende…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
The enemies of the church threaten to cut off the name of Israel. They are horns, emblems of power, strength, and violence. The prophet saw them so…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott