Zechariah 1:20 Cross References - ISV

²⁰ The Vision of Four ArtisansThen the LORD showed me four artisans.

²⁵ may your bolts be made of iron and bronze, and may your strength be sufficient for each day you live.”

¹⁶ Here’s what happened: When Israel came up from Egypt, passed through the desert to the Red Sea, and arrived at Kadesh,

¹⁸ Then they went through the desert, circumventing the territory belonging to Edom and Moab. They encamped on the other side of the Arnon River, but never entered the territory of Moab because the Arnon River is the border of Moab.

¹¹ Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel and he delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, so that you lived securely.

²⁷ So you delivered them into the control of their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed, they cried out to you, and you heard from heaven. In your great compassion you gave them deliverers who rescued them from the control of their enemies.

¹⁵ Watch! If anyone does attack you, it will not be from me; whoever may attack you will fall because of you. ¹⁶ Look! It is I who have created the blacksmith who fans coals in the fire, and produces a weapon for his purpose. It is I who have created the ravager to wreak havoc; ¹⁷ no weapon that is forged against you will be effective. This is the heritage of the LORD’s servants, and their righteousness from me,” says the LORD.

²¹ Deliverers will assemble on Mount Zion to judge Esau’s Mountain, and to the LORD will the kingdom belong!”

⁵ And he will be our peace.”
God’s Judgment on Assyria “When the Assyrian invades our land, trampling through our palaces, we will raise up seven shepherds against him, even eight significant men. ⁶ The shepherds will devastate the land of Assyria with the sword, along with the entrances to the land of Nimrod. “This is how he will vanquish Assyria when he invades our land, trampling within our borders:

⁸ The survivors of Jacob will live among the nations; they will live among many peoples, like a lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will trample and tear down with no one to deliver. ⁹ You will turn your power against your adversaries, and all of your enemies will be cut down.”

¹² Return to your fortress, you prisoners who have hope. Even today I am telling you: In return I will repay you double. ¹³ For I have bent Judah as if it were my bow, loading it with Ephraim. I raised up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, wielding you like a mighty warrior’s sword.”
¹⁴ Israel’s LORD AppearsThe LORD will appear over them— his arrow will shoot like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and go out with the southern windstorm. ¹⁵ The LORD of the Heavenly Armies will defend them; they will devour and conquer those who sling stones. They will drink and be boisterous like those who are drunk. They will be filled to the brim with blood, like the corners of the altar. ¹⁶ The LORD their God will save them at that time as his very own flock of people, because they are his crown jewels, exalted throughout his land.

³ “Against the shepherds my anger rises— I am punishing the leaders also, because the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, appointing them as his royal war horse for battle. ⁴ From them arises the cornerstone and tent peg, from them the battle bow, from them arise all sorts of oppressive rulers. ⁵ They will be like mighty soldiers who trample mud in the streets during battle. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and the opposing horsemen will be confused.

² ‘Look, I am making Jerusalem an unstable cup toward all of its surrounding armies when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. ³ It will come about at that time that I will make Jerusalem a heavy weight; so everyone who burdens themselves with it will be crushed, even though all of the nations of the earth gather themselves against it. ⁴ At that time,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will strike every horse with panic and every rider with insanity. I will keep my eyes on the house of Judah, but I will blind every horse of the invading armies. ⁵ The leaders of Judah will say to themselves, “Those who live in Jerusalem are my strength through the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, their God.” ⁶ ‘At that time, I will make the leaders of Judah like a brazier filled with blazing wood, or like a torch setting fire to harvested grain. They will devour all the invading armies, both on the right hand and on the left. As a result, Jerusalem will again be inhabited in its rightful place—as the real Jerusalem.’”