Zacarías 1:18

18 Después alcé mis ojos y miré, y he aquí cuatro cuernos.

Zacarías 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

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, ( 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 ) .

Zacarías 1:18 In-Context

16 "Por tanto, así dice el SEÑOR: 'Me volveré a Jerusalén con compasión; en ella será reedificada mi casa'declara el SEÑOR de los ejércitos"y el cordel será tendido sobre Jerusalén.'"

17 Proclama de nuevo, diciendo: "Así dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos: 'Otra vez rebosarán mis ciudades de bienes, otra vez el SEÑOR consolará a Sion y de nuevo escogerá a Jerusalén.'"

18 Después alcé mis ojos y miré, y he aquí cuatro cuernos.

19 Y dije al ángel que hablaba conmigo: ¿Qué son éstos? Y me respondió: Estos son los cuernos que dispersaron a Judá, a Israel y a Jerusalén.

20 Entonces el SEÑOR me mostró cuatro artesanos.