And I said, “What are these coming to do?” So he said, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.

Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic la…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Then said I, What come these to do? That is, these four carpenters; for, being artificers or workmen, as the Targum rende…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…