And the Lord
The word "charash", translated, "carpenter," is literally, carver, engraver. (Zechariah 1:21) makes it plain that, whatever the four carvers may be, they are used to "fray," or carve away (Hebrew, charad) in the sense of diminishing, enfeebling, the great Gentile world-powers. They may stand for Jehovah's "four sore judgments," the sword, famine, evil beasts, and pestilence (Ezekiel 14:21); the four horses of Revelation 6.