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Four Horns and Four Blacksmiths

18 [a]Then I looked up and saw four animal horns. 19 “What are these?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.

He replied, “These horns represent the nations that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

20 Then the Lord showed me four blacksmiths. 21 “What are these men coming to do?” I asked.

The angel replied, “These four horns—these nations—scattered and humbled Judah. Now these blacksmiths have come to terrify those nations and throw them down and destroy them.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:18 Verses 1:18-21 are numbered 2:1-4 in Hebrew text.

A Vision of Horns and Craftsmen

18 [a] And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, (A)four horns! 19 And I said to (B)the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, (C)“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” 20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21 And I said, “What are these coming to do?” He said, (D)“These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come (E)to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations (F)who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 1:18 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew