Zechariah 6

Four Chariots

6I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots^a coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. ²The first chariot had red horses, the second black,^{b 3}the third white,^c and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful. ⁴I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵The angel answered me, “These are the four spirits^ad of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world.^{e 6}The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west,^b and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

⁷When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth.^f And he said, “Go throughout the earth!” So they went throughout the earth.

⁸Then he called to me, “Look, those going toward the north country have given my Spirit^c rest^g in the land of the north.”^h

A Crown for Joshua

⁹The word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁰“Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon.ⁱ Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. ¹¹Take the silver and gold and make a crown,^j and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua^k son of Jozadak.^{dl 12}Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch,^m and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord.^{n 13}It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he^e will be a priest^o on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.’ ¹⁴The crown will be given to Heldai,^f Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen^g son of Zephaniah as a memorial^p in the temple of the Lord. ¹⁵Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord,^q and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^r This will happen if you diligently obey^s the Lord your God.”