Zechariah 1:18-21
New Living Translation
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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- 1:18 Verses 1:18-21 are numbered 2:1-4 in Hebrew text.
Zechariah 1:18-21
International Standard Version
The Vision of Four Horns
18 [a]Then I looked up and saw four horns. 19 I asked the angel who was talking to me, “What are those?”
So he answered me, “Those are the forces[b] that have dispersed Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
The Vision of Four Artisans
20 Then the Lord showed me four artisans.
21 Then I asked, “What have they come to do?”
He answered, “Those horns that dispersed Judah—so that no one could lift up his head—those artisans[c] are coming to disrupt the power[d] of nations, tearing them down now that they’ve come to power and dispersed the land of Judah.”
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- Zechariah 1:18 This v. is 2:1 in MT, 1:19 is 2:2 in MT, and so through v. 21
- Zechariah 1:19 Lit. horns
- Zechariah 1:21 The Heb. lacks artisans
- Zechariah 1:21 Lit. to terrify the horns
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