撒迦利亞書 1:18

18 我 舉 目 觀 看 ， 見 有 四 角 。

撒迦利亞書 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 ) .

撒迦利亞書 1:18 In-Context

16 所 以 耶 和 華 如 此 說 ： 現 今 我 回 到 耶 路 撒 冷 ， 仍 施 憐 憫 ， 我 的 殿 必 重 建 在 其 中 ， 準 繩 必 拉 在 耶 路 撒 冷 之 上 。 這 是 萬 軍 之 耶 和 華 說 的 。

17 你 要 再 宣 告 說 ， 萬 軍 之 耶 和 華 如 此 說 ： 我 的 城 邑 必 再 豐 盛 發 達 。 耶 和 華 必 再 安 慰 錫 安 ， 揀 選 耶 路 撒 冷 。

18 我 舉 目 觀 看 ， 見 有 四 角 。

19 我 就 問 與 我 說 話 的 天 使 說 ： 這 是 甚 麼 意 思 ？ 他 回 答 說 ： 這 是 打 散 猶 大 、 以 色 列 ， 和 耶 路 撒 冷 的 角 。

20 耶 和 華 又 指 四 個 匠 人 給 我 看 。