Zechariah 1:21 - Exposition

And he spake. The interpreting angel spake. Which have scattered Judah. The LXX . adds, "and broke Israel in pieces." Did lift up his head. These powers laid Judah prostrate. To fray them. To terrify the powers symbolized by the four horns, and disturb their self-complacent Security ( Zechariah 1:15 ). The LXX ; mistaking the sense, gives, τοῦ ὀξῦναι αὐτὰ εἰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν τὰ τέσσαρα κέρατα , "To sharpen them, even the four horns, in their hands." To cast out; to cast down, to overthrow these proud powers. Over ( against ) the land. The nations had treated Judah as a wild bull treats things that oppose him, tossing and scattering them to the wind.