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Zechariah 1:20

18 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, Israel, and Jerusalem.

And the LORD shewed 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 are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
KJV
And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
WEB
The LORD showed me four craftsmen.
ASV
And Jehovah showed me four smiths.
DARBY
And Jehovah shewed me four craftsmen.
BLB
And YHWH showed me four craftsmen.
ÅB
Så lot Herren meg se fire smeder.
OTB
Og Herren viste meg fire håndverkere.
B1930
Så lot Herren mig se fire smeder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 10:3–5

    Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

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  • Zechariah 12:2–6

    Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

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  • Zechariah 9:12–16

    Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

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  • Obadiah 1:21

    And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.

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  • Micah 5:5–6

    And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

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  • Nehemiah 9:27

    Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:11

    And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

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  • Judges 11:16

    But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

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