Zechariah 6:1–9

¹Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of bronze.↗

²In the first chariot were red horses. In the second chariot were black horses.↗

³In the third chariot were white horses. In the fourth chariot were dappled horses, all of them powerful.↗

⁴Then I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”↗

⁵The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the sky, which go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth.↗

⁶The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went out toward the south country.”↗

⁷The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth. He said, “Go around and through the earth!” So they walked back and forth through the earth.↗

⁸Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.”↗

⁹The LORD’s word came to me, saying,↗