Zechariah 6

¹ Again I raised my eyes, and this is what I saw: four chariots coming out between the two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze.

² The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot had black horses,

³ the third chariot had white horses and the fourth chariot had (vigorous) piebald horses.

⁴ I asked the angel who was talking to me, I said, ‘What is the meaning of these, my lord?’

⁵ The angel answered, ‘These are going out to the four winds of heaven after standing before the Lord of the whole world.

⁶ The red horses are going out to the country of the East; the black horses are going out to the country of the North; the white are going out to the country of the West and the piebald are going out to the country of the South.’

⁷ They came out vigorously, eager to patrol the world. He said to them, ‘Go and patrol the world’. And they patrolled the world.

⁸ He called me and said to me, ‘See, those going northward is will make the spirit of Yahweh descend on the country of the North.[*a]

¹⁵ And those who are far away will come and rebuild the sanctuary of Yahweh. (And you will learn that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you.) (This will happen if you listen carefully to the voice of Yahweh your God.)’

⁹ And the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,

¹⁰ ‘Take the offerings of the captives,[*b] of Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, and go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah, who has arrived from Babylon.

¹¹ Take the silver and gold, make a crown and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.[*c]

¹² And say this to him, “Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Here is a man whose name is Branch; where he is, there will be a branching out (and he will rebuild the sanctuary of Yahweh).

¹³ It is he who is going to rebuild the sanctuary of Yahweh. It is he who is going to wear the royal insignia. He will sit on his throne as ruler. And a priest shall be at his right hand. Perfect peace will reign between these two;

¹⁴ while the crown will be a glorious memorial to Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, and to Josiah, son of Zephaniah, in the sanctuary of Yahweh.”‘