“ Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. ”
And I lifted up mine eyes - o . Cyril on Zechariah 2:1 : “Not those of the body (for such visions are invisible to the eyes of the flesh), but rather the inner eyes of the heart and mind.” It...
Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold (r) four horns. (r) Which signifies all the enemies of the Church: east, west, north, and south.
The four horns which have scattered Judah and Jerusalem (Israel should probably be omitted) represent the whole world arrayed against Judah, and are perhaps iron horns like those made by Zedekiah ( 1...
four horns : "horns" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the Gentile ( Zechariah 1:21 ) powers signified by thorn.
Now follows another vision, by which God confirms what he had before testified to his Prophet. He then says, that though enemies should on every side rise up against the Church and cause it man...
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. And behold four horns - Denoting four powers by which the Jews had been oppressed; the Assyrians, Persians, Chaldeans, and Egyptians. Or th...
Behold, four horns— In this second vision, under the emblem of four horns, is represented, that God, by such agents as he would appoint, would quell and bring down all those powers which had risen,...
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. The power of the Jews' foes shall be dissipated. Verse 18. Behold, four horns. To a pastoral people like the Jews the horns of t...
Lessons from the Past. The First and Second Visions 1-6. The Prophet's message. He calls the people to repentance. 8-17 . The First Vision: The Divine Messengers ever watching over the affairs o...
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15 . Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15 , the Pro...
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7-21 ; Zechariah 2:1-13 ; Zechariah 3:1-10 ; Zechariah 4:1-14 ; Zechariah 5:1-11 ; Zechariah 6:1-8 THE Visions of Zechariah do not lack those large and...
the Redemption of Jerusalem Zechariah 1:18-21 ; Zechariah 2:1-13 The work of Temple-building had ceased for fifteen years and the new resolve to arise and build might meet with a similar fate....
About a month after Haggai's second message, in which he had encouraged the people who were in danger of being disheartened by the memory of the past, Zechariah uttered his first prophetic word. He g...
"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, Isr...
Then I lifted up mine eyes ,.... To behold another vision which follows: and saw, and behold four horns ; either iron ones, such as Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made to push the Syrians with, 1...
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. Ver. 18. Then I lift up mine eyes, and saw ] That is, I gave good heed to this second vision also; which was added purposely for confirm...
Then, behold, four horns Horns often signify the power of princes or people, the metaphor being taken from those cattle whose strength lies in their horns. The horns here mentioned denote the power...
God's Call to Return to Him (vv. 1-6) Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers." He was the son of Berechiah ("Jehovah blesses") who was the son of Iddo ("the appointed time"). Israel had long b...
Comfort for Jerusalem. B. C. 520. 18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold f...
Then; after I had seen those things, and heard those comfortable words, and received commission to publish all the good news I had heard. I lifted up mine eyes: he was so intent before, that he l...
The Second Vision. The Vision of the Horns and the Smiths ( Zechariah 1:18-21 ). God will now pare back the horns that have been directed at Jerusalem. The message is that although Israel and Juda...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 1:16 . Returned ] to Jerusalem, from whom God had withdrawn. Line ] All obstacles removed, the temple completed, and the whole city shall be regular in shape, and ex...
horn A "horn" is the symbol of a Gentile king ( Daniel 7:24 ); ( Revelation 17:12 ) and the vision is of the four world empires; ( Daniel 2:36-44 ); ( Daniel 7:3-7 ) which have "scattered Juda...
Zechariah 1:18-21 I. As physical emblems of force, horns are in the prophetic visions representative of earthly powers or kingdoms. The number four, in its prophetic acceptation, is the signature...
Zechariah 1:1 . Zechariah; that is, the memory of God; a name which might seem prophetic, for the Lord remembered his people while yet in Babylon. He was contemporary with Haggai, and acted in con...
Behold four horns The mission of the Church’s enemies Three things there are which this age of ours hath brought forth: malignant enemies, special instruments of their ruin, and great endeavou...
EXPOSITION Verse 1-6:15 Part I. A SERIES OF EIGHT VISIONS , AND A SYMBOLICAL ACTION . Zechariah 1:1 § 1. Title of the book, and author. The eighth month . This was called...
Then, after the first vision had fully come to an end, lifted I up mine eyes and saw, in a second distinct vision, and behold four horns, the common Scriptural symbol of strength.
2 Kings 15:29 ; 2 Kings 17:1-6 ; 2 Kings 18:9-12 ; 2 Kings 25:30 ; Daniel 11:28-35 ; Daniel 2:37-43 ; Daniel 7:3-8 ; Daniel 8:3 ; Daniel 8:3-14 ; Joshua 5:13 ; Zechariah 2:1 ; Zechariah 5...
The Man among the Myrtle Trees Zechariah 1:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The visions have to do primarily with God's dealings with His chosen people Israel. They will, however, be full of lessons fo...
Four horns — Emblems of the enemies of the Jews.