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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.[a] But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies[b] and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.”[c]

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  1. Zechariah 1:21 tn Heb “so that no man lifts up his head.”
  2. Zechariah 1:21 tn Heb “terrify them”; the referent (Judah’s enemies) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Zechariah 1:21 tn Heb “to scatter it.” The word “people” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

21 I asked, “What are these coming to do?”

He answered, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise their head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns(A) against the land of Judah to scatter its people.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 1:21 In Hebrew texts 1:18-21 is numbered 2:1-4.