Zechariah 1:21
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have vscattered 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, which wlifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
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, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
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Daniel 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
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fray-frighten.
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Psalms 75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
Psalms 75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Zephaniah 2:8 ¶I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
so soon as I could propose the question, immediately upon sight of the carpenters,
Zechariah,
he saw they were men, inquires not who they were, but what was their business and design; perhaps it is fittest for us to rest also in the knowledge of what they are to do, and inquire no further who they were.
the Lord Christ informed the prophet.
Christ doth in order to satisfy the inquiry first point to the four horns, of which Zec 1:18,19, as if he should have said, Look you, there are four horns which have done mischief to Judah.
kept them so under, none had either strength or courage to lift up the head, and thus these horns proudly and cruelly destroyed my people.
these carpenters, or smiths, are emblems of those instruments God will employ in breaking these destroyers. Here are four carpenters to break the four horns.
to strike a fear into them first; these kingdoms, signified by horns, shall lose their courage.
then their authority and power shall be cast out easily.
heathen round about Judea.
have employed their arms and strength against,
the whole kingdom of Judah, God’s people,
to drive them out of God’s inheritance, See Zec 1:19.