Zechariah 1:19

And I said unto the messenger who was speaking with me, What are these? And he said unto me, These, are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18Then lifted I up mine eyes and looked,—and lo! Four Horns.

20Then Yahweh shewed me Four Craftsmen.

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Cross References

Ezra 4:4Then came it to pass, that, the people of the land, were weakening the hands of the people of Judah,—and troubling them in building;

Ezra 5:3At that time, came unto them Tattenai pasha Beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their associates,—and, thus, spake they unto them, Who hath issued unto you an edict, this house, to build, and, this wall, to complete?

Daniel 12:7And I heard the man clothed with linen who was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left unto the heavens, and sware by him that liveth unto times age-abiding,—For a set time and times and a half, and, when the dispersion of a part of the holy people, is brought to an end, then shall come to an end all these things.

Habakkuk 3:14Thou hast pierced, with his own staves, the head of his chiefs, they storm along, to scatter me,—their exultant thought, is, in very deed, to devour the oppressed one, in a secret place!

Zechariah 1:21And I said, What are these coming in to do? And he spake, saying, These, are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head, but these [others] have come in to put them in fear, to cast down the horns of the nations, the which have lifted up the horn against the land of Judah to scatter her.

Zechariah 4:11Then responded I, and said unto him,—What are these two olive-trees, upon the right of the lampstand, and upon the left thereof?

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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