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Zechariah 1:20

Zechariah 1:20
And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Lord showed me four carpenters. To saw and cut in pieces the four horns; or rather "four blacksmiths" (y); these horns were horns of iron; so the word is rendered a "smith" in Sa1 13:19 and…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Four carpenters - Four other powers, who should defeat the powers intended by the horns. These are the same as the four chariots mentioned Zac 6:1-3, Zac 6:6, Zac 6:7. The first was Nabopolassar,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 1:18-21

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.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the Lord Jehovah, from whom the whole series of visions proceeded, Zec 1:7.

four carpenters Rather, artificers, or workmen; (smiths, R. V.). The word is used of working in wood, but also in metals and…