Zechariah 6

Vision of the Four Chariots

6Then I turned and raised my eyes and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze. ²With the first chariot were ^ared horses, with the second chariot ^bblack horses, ³with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot dappled horses—strong steeds. ⁴Then I answered ^cand said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵And the angel answered and said to me, ^d“These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their ^estation before the Lord of all the earth. ⁶¹The one with the black horses is going to ^fthe north country, the white are going after them, and the dappled are going toward the south country.” ⁷Then the strong steeds went out, eager to go, that they might ^gwalk to and fro throughout the earth. And He said, “Go, walk to and fro throughout the earth.” So they walked to and fro throughout the earth. ⁸And He called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “See, those who go toward the north country have given rest to My ^hSpirit in the north country.”

The Command to Crown Joshua

⁹Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ¹⁰“Receive the gift from the captives—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon—and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah. ¹¹Take the silver and gold, make ⁱan ²elaborate crown, and set it on the head of ^jJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ¹²Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying:

“Behold, ^kthe Man whose name is the ^lBRANCH!

From His place He shall ³branch out,

^mAnd He shall build the temple of the Lord;

¹³Yes, He shall build the temple of the Lord.

He ⁿshall bear the glory,

And shall sit and rule on His throne;

So ^oHe shall be a priest on His throne,

And the counsel of peace shall be between ⁴them both.” ’

¹⁴“Now the ⁵elaborate crown shall be ^pfor a memorial in the temple of the Lord ⁶for Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah. ¹⁵Even ^qthose from afar shall come and build the temple of the Lord. Then you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. And this shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”