Zechariah 6

A Vision of Four Chariots

1 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of *Dan. 2:39bronze. 2 The first chariot had *ch. 1:8;Rev. 6:4red horses, the second *Rev. 6:5black horses, 3 the third *ch. 1:8;Rev. 6:2white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.*6:3 Or and the fourth chariot strong dappled horses4 Then I answered and said to *ch. 1:9the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?" 5 And the angel answered and said to me, *Ps. 104:4;Heb. 1:7"These are going out to the four winds of heaven,*6:5 Or These are the four winds of heaven going out after *ch. 3:4presenting themselves before *ch. 4:14the Lord of all the earth. 6 The chariot with the black horses goes toward *ver. 8;ch. 2:6;Jer. 1:13the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward *[ch. 9:14]the south country." 7 When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and *[ch. 1:10]patrol the earth. And he said, "Go, *[ch. 1:10]patrol the earth." *[ch. 1:10]So they patrolled the earth. 8 Then he cried to me, "Behold, those who go toward *[See ver. 6above]the north country have set my Spirit at rest in *[See ver. 6above]the north country."

The Crown and the Temple

9 And the word of the Lord came to me: 10 "Take from the exiles *[ver. 14] Heldai, Tobijah, and *Neh. 7:39Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of *2 Kgs. 25:18Zephaniah. 11 Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, *[ch. 3:5] and set it on the head of *ch. 3:1Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, "Behold, the man whose name is *See ch. 3:8the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and *[Matt. 16:18;Heb. 3:3]; See Eph. 2:20-22he shall build the temple of the Lord. 13 *[See ver. 12above] It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord*Ps. 21:5;Ezek. 21:27and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there*6:13 Or he shall be a *Ps. 110:4;Heb. 3:1priest on his throne, *[Hag. 2:9]and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."’ 14 And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as *Ex. 12:14;[Matt. 26:13;Mark 14:9] a reminder to *[ver. 10] Helem,*6:14 An alternate spelling of Heldai (verse 10)*ver. 10Tobijah, *ver. 10Jedaiah, and Hen *ver. 10the son of Zephaniah.

15 *Isa. 57:19;[Eph. 2:13,19] "And those who are far off shall come and *Isa. 60:10help to build the temple of the Lord. *See ch. 2:9And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. *See Deut. 30:1-3And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God."