Zechariah 1:18

Then I lifted up mine eyes,.... 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, Kg1…

And I lifted up mine eyes - o. Cyril on Zec 2:1 : “Not those of the body (for such visions are invisible to the eyes of the flesh), but rather the inner eyes of the heart and mind.” It seems as…

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…

It is the comfort and triumph of the church (Isa 59:19) that when the enemy shall come in like a flood, with mighty force and fury, then the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.…

four horns The horn is a symbol of honour (1Sa 2:1; Job 16:15), and of power (Jer 48:25; Amo 6:13). Here the latter idea is prominent. By the fourhorns some understand four definite powers or…