Zechariah 6:1-8

Expanded Bible

The Vision of the Four Chariots

6 I looked up again and saw four chariots ·going [coming] out between two mountains, mountains of bronze. ² Red horses pulled the first chariot. Black horses pulled the second chariot. ³ White horses pulled the third chariot, and strong, ·spotted [dappled] horses pulled the fourth chariot. ⁴ I asked the ·angel [messenger] who was talking with me, “What are these, sir?”

⁵ He said, “These are the four spirits of heaven. They have just come from ·the presence of [or presenting themselves before] the Lord of the whole world. ⁶ The chariot pulled by the black horses will go to the land of the north. The white horses will go ·to the land of the west [or after them], and the spotted horses will go to the land of the south.”

⁷ When the powerful horses went out, they were ·eager [seeking] to go through all the earth. So he said, “Go ·through all [or and patrol] the earth,” and they did.

⁸ Then he ·called [cried out] to me, “Look, the horses that went north have caused my ·spirit to rest [anger to be appeased; or Spirit to rest] in the land of the north.”