SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:18
¶ Después alcé mis ojos, y miré, y he aquí cuatro cuernos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:18
Verse 18. And behold four horns.] Denoting four powers by which the Jews had been oppressed; the Assyrians, Persians, Chaldeans, and Egyptians. Or these enemies may be termed four, in reference to the four cardinal points of the heavens, whence they came:- 1. NORTH. The Assyrians and Babylonians. 2. EAST. The Moabites and Ammonites.
3. SOUTH. The Egyptians.
4. WEST. The Philistines. See Martin.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. Then I lifted up mine eyes , etc.] To behold another vision which follows: and saw, and behold four horns ; either iron ones, such as Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made to push the Syrians with, ( 1 Kings 22:11) or horns of beasts, as the horns of unicorns, to which the horns of Joseph are compared, ( Deuteronomy 33:17) and signify kingdoms or kings, and these very powerful and mighty; and so the Targum interprets them of “four kingdoms”; and which Kimchi and Abarbinel understand of the four monarchies, Babylonian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman; so ten horns, in ( Daniel 7:24 Revelation 17:12) design ten kings or kingdoms; unless rather, seeing these horns were such who had already distressed and scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem; and two of the above monarchies were not yet in being, the Grecian and Roman, when this vision was seen; and one of those that were, were friends to the Jews, as the Persians; they may in general signify all the enemies of the Jews that were round about them, on the four corners of them; as the Syrians, Assyrians, and Babylonians, on the north; the Ammonites and Moabites on the east; the Edomites and Egyptians on the south; and the Philistines on the west; as Junius thinks. Cocceius interprets them of four kings, Shalmaneser, Nebuchadnezzar, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes the first, called Longimanus; and may be applied to the antichristian states, Pagan and Papal, in the various parts of the world, called horns, ( Daniel 7:24 Revelation 12:3 13:1).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-21 - The enemies of the church threaten to cut off the name of Israel. The are horns, emblems of power, strength, and violence. The prophet saw them so formidable that he began to despair of the safety of every goo man, and the success of every good work; but the Lord showed him fou workmen empowered to cut off these horns. With an eye of sense we se the power of the enemies of the church; look which way we will, the world shows us that; but it is only with an eye of faith that we see is safe. The Lord shows us that. When God has work to do, he will raise u some to do it, and others to defend it, and to protect those employe in doing it. What cause there is to look up in love and praise to the holy and eternal Spirit, who has the same care over the present an eternal interests of believers, by the holy word bringing the church to know the wonderful things of salvation __________________________________________________________________
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