A Vision of Horns and Craftsmen

Zechariah 1

¹⁸ Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four _y horns. ¹⁹ And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" So he answered me, _z "These are the ₁ horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem." ²⁰ Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen. ²¹ And I said, "What are these coming to do?" So he said, "These are the _a horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but ₂ the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that _b lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."

1. Cross References
   Lamentations 2:17
   The LORD has done what He purposed; He has fulfilled His word Which He commanded in days of old. He has thrown down and has not pitied, And He has caused an enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
   
2. Cross References
   Ezra 4:1
   Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel.
   Ezra 4:4
   Then the people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building.
   Ezra 4:7
   In the days of Artaxerxes also, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabel, and the rest of their companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the letter was written in Aramaic script, and translated into the Aramaic language.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 75:10
   "All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted."
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 75:4
   I said to the boastful, 'Do not deal boastfully,' And to the wicked, 'Do not lift up the horn.
   Psalms 75:5
   Do not lift up your horn on high; Do not speak with a stiff neck.'
   

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