Zechariah 1:20

And YHWH shows me four artisans.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.

In Context

19And I say to the messenger who is speaking with me, “What [are] these?” And he says to me, “These [are] the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

21And I say, “What [are] these coming to do?” And He speaks, saying, “These [are] the horns that have scattered Judah, so that no one has lifted up his head, and these come to trouble them, to cast down the horns of the nations who are lifting up a horn against the land of Judah—to scatter it.”

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Cross References

Judges 11:16for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goes in the wilderness to the Red Sea, and comes to Kadesh,

1 Samuel 12:11And YHWH sends Jerubba‘al, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivers you out of the hand of your surrounding enemies, and you dwell confidently.

Isaiah 54:15Behold, he diligently assembles without My desire, || Whoever has assembled near you falls by you!

Micah 5:5And this [One] has been peace. Asshur, when he comes into our land, || And when he treads in our palaces, || We have raised against him seven shepherds, || And eight anointed of man.

Zechariah 9:12Return to a stronghold, || You prisoners of the hope, || Even today a second announcer I restore to you.

Zechariah 12:2“Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling || To all the surrounding peoples, || And it is also against Judah, || In the siege against Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 1:19-21

Comfort for Jerusalem. ( b. c. 520.) 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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