Judah, Israel and Jerusalem The two tribes, the ten tribes, and the capital of the whole nation. So inclusive a description must be held to refer to the whole Jewish people, so that the vision predicts the overthrow of the oppressors of Israel as well as of Judah.
THESE ARE THE HORNS WHICH HAVE SCATTERED - o “The four horns which scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem, are four nations, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Romans; as the Lord, on the...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS 1. THE NIGHT VISIONS CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Zechariah 1:1) _ 2. The first night vision (Zechariah 1:7) 3. The second night vision (Zechariah 1:18)...
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 K...
JUDAH, Israel, and Jerusalem. With _'eth_ pre- fixed to the first two (not Jerusalem) for emphasis, so that we may not confuse them with the Church or with Gentile peoples. There is no "gloss", as all...
CHAPTER XXVIII A VISION OF FOUR HORNS AND SMITHS Zechariah 1:18-21 RV. And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns. And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And...
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 the stron...
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 of the...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ ‘The *prophet (Zechariah) said that these events would happen. And these events did happen.’ (Matthew 21:4) (A *prophet tells people what G...
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...
SCATTERED. — This word need not necessarily refer to dispersing into captivity, but may simply mean “endeavoured to destroy the national unity,” or “disintegrated.” Compare the Roman motto, “_Divide e...
_[Zechariah 2:2]_ וָ אֹמַ֗ר אֶל ־הַ מַּלְאָ֛ךְ...
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
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. But the...
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 ga...
Four horns,...four smiths. The four horns represent the empires, or kingdoms, that persecute and oppress the people of God: the four smiths or carpenters (for faber may signify either) represent those...
"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, Isra...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
The Spirit of God begins with an exhortation, founded on the proofs that the history of the people supplied of the manner in which the word of the prophets had taken hold of them. Jehovah's displeasur...
AND I SAID UNTO THE ANGEL THAT TALKED WITH ME,.... Zechariah 1:9: WHAT [BE] THESE? that is, who do these horns signify? and what or whom do they represent? AND HE ANSWERED ME, THESE [ARE] THE HORNS...
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, Israel, and Jerusalem. Ver. 19. _And I said unto the angel that t...
_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 powers...
THE VISION OF THE FOUR HORNS AND THE FOUR SMITHS...
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? the prophet again desirous of knowing their significance. AND HE ANSWERED ME, THESE ARE THE HORNS WHICH HAVE SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL, AND...
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 been...
18-21 The enemies of the church threaten to cut off the name of Israel. They are horns, emblems of power, strength, and violence. The prophet saw them so formidable that he began to despair of the sa...
The prophet prays for information from the Angel, from Christ, who is the best Teacher. WHAT BE THESE? what may be the meaning of these horns, which I see, and know to be horns, and four in number? TH...
Zechariah 1:19 said H559 (H8799) angel H4397 talked H1696 (H8802) answered H559 (H8799) horns H7161 scattered...
THE SECOND VISION. THE VISION OF THE HORNS AND THE SMITHS (ZECHARIAH 1:18). God will now pare back the horns that have been directed at Jerusalem. The message is that although Israel and Judah have b...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Zechariah 1:18 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 of the...
CONTENTS: Zechariah's symbolic visions, warning of Jehovah's dispreasure with the nations. CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: The judgments of God which those who went before us were un...
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 concer...
_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 endeavours...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 1:1 Oracles and Visions. Zechariah’s sequence of visions in Zechariah 1:7 is interrupted by an oracle of restoration ...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 1:18 The second vision describes FOUR HORNS. “Four” symbolizes all the world powers responsible for exiling JUDAH, ISRAEL, AND JERUSALEM. These nations had s
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 exact in its...
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 Bul before the Captivit
Shall we tonight now get into our study in the book of Zechariah beginning with chapter 1. Now if you remember when we studied the book of Haggai last week, Haggai was dating his prophesies in the sec...
Daniel 12:7; Ezra 4:1; Ezra 4:4; Ezra 4:7; Ezra 5:3;...
THE MAN AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES Zechariah 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The visions have to do primarily with God's dealings with His chosen people Israel. They will, however, be full of lessons for the sai...
The horns — Powers, states, and kingdoms, which have from all sides pushed at, broken and tossed my people. Judah — The two tribes. Israel — The ten tribes....