These are the horns These are the nations in the four corners of the heavens that gored Judah and Jerusalem with their horns until they scattered them.

four craftsmen Carpenters who know how to saw the horns. And our Rabbis explained in tractate Sukkah (52b) who they are.

And he said, saying, “These are the horns” that you first saw.

that scattered Judah and humbled them to the extent that no man lifted his head, and they did not allow anyone of My people to raise his head.

And these came These craftsmen came to cause those horns to quake and to cast them away.

to cast away לְיַדּוֹת

a measuring line A measuring line to measure Jerusalem, how much its length and its breadth shall be.

And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was coming forth He is the one with the measuring line in his hand.

Run, speak to this young man You shall no longer go forth to measure, for the Holy One, blessed be He, has taken counsel with His heavenly household [and decreed] that [Jerusalem] will not have a limit or a measure. And now, run and speak to Zechariah: It shall be inhabited like unwalled towns, without a wall, so that all who come there shall settle therein, and it shall grow from day to day.

But I will be for it as a shield, as though a wall of fire surrounds it. Also, My Shechinah shall dwell in its midst for your glory.

Ho, Ho! “Ho” is only an expression of proclamation and an announcement of assembly. And so did Jonathan render it: Announce to the scattered ones. אַכְלוּ means announce, as in (II Sam. 22: 14): “The Lord thundered from heaven,” which Jonathan renders: אַכְלוּ מִן שְׁמַיַּא

Flee from the land of the north The exiles of My people, [flee] from within Babylon and Assyria.

Ho, Zion! Flee This too is an expression of announcement: Assemble, O exile of Zion, and flee from the midst of Babylon.

After glory After your glory I am sent, to magnify your glory. And the Midrash Aggadah (Addendum to Tan. Buber, Devarim 4) states: After the honor - After I pay Esau for the honor that he bestowed upon his father.

and they shall be prey, etc., to Israel, who are now slaves to them.

And many nations shall join shall join.

And the Lord shall inherit Judah as His inheritance and His share.

Silence all flesh All the rest of the nations.

for He is aroused An expression [denoting] arousal and awakening.