Zechariah 1:18

Vision Two: The Four Horns

1:18 (2:1) ¹  Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns.

Zechariah 1:21

1:21 I asked, “What are these going to do?” He answered, “These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. ²  But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies ³  and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.” ⁴ 

¹ sn This marks the beginning of ch. 2 in the Hebrew text. Beginning with 1:18, the verse numbers through 2:13 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 1:18 ET = 2:1 HT, 1:19 ET = 2:2 HT, 1:20 ET = 2:3 HT, 1:21 ET = 2:4 HT, 2:1 ET = 2:5 HT, etc., through 2:13 ET = 2:17 HT. From 3:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same.

² tn Heb “so that no man lifts up his head.”

³ tn Heb “terrify them”; the referent (Judah’s enemies) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “to scatter it.” The word “people” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.