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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And I said unto the angel that talked with me,.... Zechariah 1:9: What [be] these? that is, who do these horns signify? and what or whom do they represent? and he answered me, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem; which may design the distresses, vexations, and captivities of the people of Israel by their...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 1 Samuel 13:19 and indeed it signifies both a worker in wood and a worker in iron; and who are sometimes distinguished by what they work in, whether wood or iron;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then said I, What come these to do?.... That is, these four carpenters; for, being artificers or workmen, as the Targum renders the word, the prophet concluded there was some work for them to do: And he spake, saying; meaning the angel that talked with him, and interpreted the visions to him: These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah; not...