Zechariah 1:18 Parallel Translations

Zechariah 1:17 "Again, proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem."'"

Zechariah 1:19 So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these?" And he answered me, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:18 Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold {r} four horns.
(r) Which signifies all the enemies of the Church: east, west, north, and south.

WES:

1:18 Four horns - Emblems of the enemies of the Jews.

MHC:

1:18-21 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 formidable that he began to despair of the safety of every good man, and the success of every good work; but the Lord showed him four workmen empowered to cut off these horns. With an eye of sense we see the power of the enemies of the church; look which way we will, the world shows us that; but it is only with an eye of faith that we see it safe. The Lord shows us that. When God has work to do, he will raise up some to do it, and others to defend it, and to protect those employed in doing it. What cause there is to look up in love and praise to the holy and eternal Spirit, who has the same care over the present and eternal interests of believers, by the holy word bringing the church to know the wonderful things of salvation!

CONC:

Behold Horns Lift Lifted Lifting

Eyes Four Horns Lifted

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