Zechariah 1:20

shewed me. This is part of the second vision,

carpenters. (iron)smiths.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 1:20

Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the LORD showed me four (s) craftsmen. (s) These craftsmen or smiths are God's instruments, who with their mallets and hammers break these hard...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The four horns which have scattered Judah and Jerusalem (Israel should probably be omitted) represent the whole world arrayed against Judah, and are...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

But we must join the latter part, — that God showed also to the Prophet four smiths, for these two visions are connected together. Whosoever...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. Four carpenters - Four other powers, who should defeat the powers intended by the horns. These are the same a...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Four carpenters— Or as many subverters of the kingdoms as the kingdoms were which had oppressed the Jews. The word חרשׁ choresh, signifies a mech...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Four carpenters ( RV 'smiths')] lit. 'workers' (sc. in iron), as in Isaiah 44:12 . Probably one to deal with each horn. The language is symbolic,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15 . Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents record...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Carpenters . — Better, workmen, for the Hebrew word does not mean “carpenters,” unless followed by the word meaning “wood.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 TH...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"And the LORD showed me four carpenters. (21) Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Juda...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SPIRITUAL STRENGTH ‘And the Lord shewed me four carpenters.’ Zechariah 1:20 Carpenters are very useful members of the community. Our text sh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord showed me four carpenters. To saw and cut in pieces the four horns; or rather "four blacksmiths" y; these horns were horns of iron; so...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. Ver. 20. And the Lord showed me four carpenters ] He that before was called an angel is here called Jehova...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then, behold, four horns Horns often signify the power of princes or people, the metaphor being taken from those cattle whose strength lies in thei...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Comfort for Jerusalem. B. C. 520. 18...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Lord; Jehovah, who before is the Angel, i.e. Christ, he is the eternal One, the great God. Showed me; both proposed the thing to be seen, and...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 Jerus...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 1:16 . Returned ] to Jerusalem, from whom God had withdrawn. Line ] All obstacles removed, the temple completed, an...
Scofield Reference Notes

And the Lord The word "charash", translated, "carpenter," is literally, carver, engraver. ( Zechariah 1:21 ) makes it plain that, whatever the...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Zechariah 1:18-21 I. As physical emblems of force, horns are in the prophetic visions representative of earthly powers or kingdoms. The number fou...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Behold four horns The mission of the Church’s enemies Three things there are which this age of ours hath brought forth: malignant enemies, spe...
The Biblical Illustrator

And the Lord shewed me four carpenters The counterbalancing of agencies Evil agencies are counterbalanced by good--for there is a Divine provi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Four Horns and the Four Smiths
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the Lord showed me four carpenters, rather, four craftsmen in iron, four smiths.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:11 ; Deuteronomy 33:25 ; Isaiah 54:15-17 ; Judges 11:16 ; Judges 11:18 ; Micah 5:5 ; Micah 5:6 ; Micah 5:8 ; Micah 5:9 ; Nehemi...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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²⁰ And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 1:20

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Zechariah 1:20