So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, ‘What are these? ’ And he said to me, ‘These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.’
For the Lord of Armies says this: ‘As I resolved to treat you badly when your ancestors provoked me to anger, and I did not relent,’ says the Lord of Armies,
I asked, ‘What are they coming to do? ’ He replied, ‘These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head. These craftsmen have come to terrify them, to cut off the horns of the nations that raised a horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.’
During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic and translated.
Then I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the water of the river. He raised both his hands , towards heaven and swore by him who lives eternally that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people is shattered, all these things will be completed.
At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the River Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues came to the Jews and asked, ‘Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure? ’ ,
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.” ’