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Verse Zechariah 1:21. _THESE ARE COME TO FRAY THEM_] To break, pound,
and reduce them to powder. _Fray_, from the French, _frayer_, to
_rub_. חרשים charashim signifies either _carpenters_ or _smiths_...
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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)...
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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...
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HE: i.e. the angel,
THESE: i.e. these four smiths (or it may denote the supernatural
princes over the kingdoms). They repre sent the Divine agencies raised
up, by which Jehovah will overthrow them.
F...
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_he spake_ i.e. the interpreting angel.
_have scattered_ Rather, SCATTERED, R.V.
_to fray them_ Either the wild animals bearing the horns, or more
probably the nations symbolised by them, are here s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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NO MAN DID LIFT UP HIS HEAD] In the events culminating in the
captivity, the people were utterly crushed. FRAY] an obsolete word
meaning 'terrify': cp. Deuteronomy 28:26. The root is seen in
'afraid,'...
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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...
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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...
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Many commentators suppose that this vision refers to the future as
well as the past, and that in it the objects are combined together so
as to form one complete picture, without any regard to the time...
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_[Zechariah 2:4]_ וָ אֹמַ֕ר מָ֛ה אֵ֥לֶּה
בָאִ֖ים...
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THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH
Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
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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...
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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...
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_Every. Hebrew, "at pleasure; none shall lift," &c. These kingdoms
shall no longer prove formidable. (Calmet) --- Fray, or "terrify."
Septuagint, "to sharpen them in their hands. The horns are nations...
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"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 Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these a...
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REFLECTIONS
Reader! let us both pause over this first chapter of the Prophet:, and
beg for grace to bless God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Ghost, for the grace manifested by each, and by...
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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...
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And who are these smiths? They are also horns; for they all wish to
destroy as much as they can the Church; but God does not permit them;
on the contrary he excites them to mutual wars to destroy one...
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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...
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THEN SAID I, WHAT COME THESE TO DO?.... That is, these four
carpenters; for, being artificers or workmen, as the Targum renders
the word, the prophet concluded there was some work for them to do:
AND...
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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...
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_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...
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Then said I, What come these to do? What was the object in introducing
them into the picture?. AND HE SPAKE, SAYING, THESE ARE THE HORNS
WHICH HAVE SCATTERED JUDAH, SO THAT NO MAN DID LIFT UP HIS HEAD...
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THE VISION OF THE FOUR HORNS AND THE FOUR SMITHS...
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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...
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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...
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THEN, so soon as I could propose the question, immediately upon sight
of the carpenters, SAID I, Zechariah, WHAT COME THESE TO DO? he saw
they were men, inquires not who they were, but what was their...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 ...
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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
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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...
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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
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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...
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Daniel 12:7; Lamentations 2:17; Psalms 75:4; Psalms 75:5; Zechariah
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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...
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He — Christ. These — He first points to the four horns. But these
— These carpenters are emblems of those instruments God will employ
in breaking those destroyers. Who lift up — Who employed their arm...