18Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
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And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. …
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. …
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-21)It is the comfort and triumph of the church (Isa. 59:19) that when the enemy shall come in like a flood , with mighty force and fury, then the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him . Now, in this vision (the second which this prophet had), we have an illustration of that, God’s Spirit making a stand, and making head, against the formidable power of the church’s adversaries. I. We…
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