Zechariah 6
1 And I turned, and lifted up mine
eyes, and looked, and, behold, four chariots coming out from between two
mountains; and the mountains were brazen mountains.
2 In the first chariot
were red horses; and in the second chariot black
horses; 3 and in the third chariot
white horses; and in the fourth chariot piebald
and ash-coloured horses.
4 And I answered and said to the angel
that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
5 And the angel that talked with me
answered and said, These are the four winds of heaven,
and they are going forth to stand before the Lord of
all the earth. 6 As for the chariot in which were the black horses,
they went out to the land of the north; and the white went out after them; and
the piebald went out to the land of the south.
7 And the ash-coloured went out, and
looked to go and compass the earth: and
aOr, one said.he said, Go, and compass the earth. And they compassed the earth.
8 And he cried out and spoke to me,
saying, Behold, these go out to the land of the north, and they have quieted
mine anger in the land of the north.
9 And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying, 10 Take the things of the
captivity from
bHeb. proper names. See A. V.the chief men, and from the useful men of it, and from them that have
understood it; and thou shalt enter in that day into the house of Josias the
son of Zephaniah that came out of Babylon.
11 And thou shalt take silver and
gold, and make crowns, and thou shalt put them upon
the head of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest;
12 and thou shalt say to him, Thus
saith the Lord Almighty;
Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall spring up
cGr. from beneath him.from his stem, and build the house of the Lord.
13 And he shall receive
dLit. virtue.power, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and there shall be a priest on
his right hand, and a peaceable counsel shall be between
them both.
14 And the crown shall be to them
that wait patiently, and to the useful men
eGr. of it.of the captivity, and to them that have known it, and for the favour of the
son of Zephaniah, and for a psalm in the house of the Lord.
15 And they
that are far from them shall come and build in the
house of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to
you: and this shall come to pass, if ye will
diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God.