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Zechariah 1:21

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Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up [their] horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

Then said {H559} I, What come {H935} these to do {H6213}? And he spake {H559}, saying {H559}, These are the horns {H7161} which have scattered {H2219} Judah {H3063}, so that {H6310} no man {H376} did lift up {H5375} his head {H7218}: but these are come {H935} to fray {H2729} them, to cast out {H3034} the horns {H7161} of the Gentiles {H1471}, which lifted up {H5375} their horn {H7161} over the land {H776} of Judah {H3063} to scatter {H2219} it.

I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He said, "Those horns that scattered Y'hudah so completely that no one could even raise his head - well, these men have come to terrify them, to overthrow the nations that raised their horns against the land of Y'hudah to scatter it."

“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head; but these are come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 75:10 (6 votes)

    All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

  • Lamentations 2:17 (5 votes)

    The LORD hath done [that] which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused [thine] enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

  • Zechariah 1:19 (5 votes)

    And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What [be] these? And he answered me, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

  • Psalms 75:4 (5 votes)

    I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

  • Psalms 75:5 (5 votes)

    Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.

  • Daniel 12:7 (3 votes)

    And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.