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Zechariah 1:20

Then Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.

In Context

19I spoke to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

21I said, “What are these people coming to do?” He answered, and said, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no man would lift up his head. But the blacksmiths have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up a horn against the land of Judah to scatter her.”

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Cross References

Judges 11:16but they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds and on to Kadesh.

1 Samuel 12:11So Yahweh sent Jerub Baal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and gave you victory over your enemies all around you, so that you lived in security.

Isaiah 54:15Look, if anyone stirs up trouble, it will not be from me; anyone who stirs up trouble with you will fall in defeat. 1

Micah 5:5For this shall be the peace— 1 when the Assyrians come into our land, 1 and when they march against our fortresses, 1 then we will raise against them seven shepherds 1 and eight leaders over men. 1

Zechariah 9:12Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! Even today I am declaring that I will return double to you,

Zechariah 12:2“See, I am about to make Jerusalem into a cup causing all the peoples surrounding her to stagger about. It will also be like that for Judah during 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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