1 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains ofmDan. 2:39 bronze. 2 The first chariot hadnch. 1:8; Rev. 6:4 red horses, the secondoRev. 6:5 black horses, 3 the thirdpch. 1:8; Rev. 6:2 white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.1Or and the fourth chariot strong dappled horses 4 Then I answered and said toqch. 1:9 the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord? ” 5 And the angel answered and said to me,rPs. 104:4; Heb. 1:7 “These are going out to the four winds of heaven, aftersch. 3:4 presenting themselves beforetch. 4:14 the Lord of all the earth. 6 The chariot with the black horses goes towarduver. 8; ch. 2:6; Jer. 1:13 the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go towardv[ch. 9:14] the south country. ” 7 When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go andw[ch. 1:10] patrol the earth. And he said, “Go,w[ch. 1:10] patrol the earth. ”w[ch. 1:10] So they patrolled the earth. 8 Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go towardu[See ver. 6 above] the north country have set my Spirit at rest inu[See ver. 6 above] the north country. ”
9 And the word of the Lord came to me: 10 “Take from the exilesx[ver. 14] Heldai, Tobijah, andyNeh. 7:39 Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son ofz2 Kgs. 25:18 Zephaniah. 11 Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown,a[ch. 3:5] and set it on the head ofbch. 3:1 Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name iscSee ch. 3:8 the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, andd[Matt. 16:18; Heb. 3:3]; See Eph. 2:20-22 he shall build the temple of the Lord. 13 d[See ver. 12 above] It is he who shall build the temple of the LordePs. 21:5; Ezek. 21:27 and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be afPs. 110:4; Heb. 3:1 priest on his throne,g[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 ashEx. 12:14; [Matt. 26:13; Mark 14:9] a reminder toi[ver. 10] Helem,jver. 10 Tobijah,jver. 10 Jedaiah, and Henjver. 10 the son of Zephaniah.
15 kIsa. 57:19; [Eph. 2:13, 19] And those who are far off shall come andlIsa. 60:10 help to build the temple of the Lord.mSee ch. 2:9 And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.nSee Deut. 30:1-3 And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God. ”