Zechariah 6

Chapter 6

The Four Chariots

¹Now I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, ^afour chariots were coming forth from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains.

²With the first chariot were ^ared horses, with the second chariot ^bblack horses,

³with the third chariot ^awhite horses, and with the fourth chariot strong ^bdappled horses.

⁴Then I spoke and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “^aWhat are these, my lord?”

⁵The angel replied to me, “These are the ^afour spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth,

⁶with one of which the black horses are going forth to the ^anorth country; and the white ones go forth after them, while the dappled ones go forth to the ^bsouth country.

⁷“When the strong ones went out, they ¹were eager to go to ^2apatrol the earth.” And He said, “Go, patrol the earth.” So they ³patrolled the earth.

⁸Then He cried out to me and spoke to me saying, “See, those who are going to the land of the north have ^1aappeased My wrath in the land of the north.”

⁹The ^aword of the Lord also came to me, saying,

¹⁰“^aTake an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah; and you go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have arrived from Babylon.

The Symbolic Crowns

¹¹“Take silver and gold, make an ornate ^acrown and set it on the head of ^bJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

¹²“Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is ^1aBranch, for He will ^2bbranch out from where He is; and He will ^cbuild the temple of the Lord.

¹³“Yes, it is He who will build the temple of the Lord, and He who will ^abear the honor and sit and ^brule on His throne. Thus, He will be a ^cpriest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two ¹offices.” ’

¹⁴“Now the ^acrown will become a reminder in the temple of the Lord to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah and ¹Hen the son of Zephaniah.

¹⁵“^aThose who are far off will come and ¹build the temple of the Lord.” Then you will ^bknow that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And it will take place if you completely ^cobey the Lord your God.