Zechariah 6:1-8

New International Version - UK

Four chariots

6 I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains – mountains of bronze. ² The first chariot had red horses, the second black, ³ the third white, and the fourth dappled – all of them powerful. ⁴ I asked the angel who was speaking to me, ‘What are these, my lord?’

⁵ The angel answered me, ‘These are the four spirits^[a] of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world. ⁶ The one with the black horses is going towards the north country, the one with the white horses towards the west,^[b] and the one with the dappled horses towards the south.’

⁷ When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said, ‘Go throughout the earth!’ So they went throughout the earth.

⁸ Then he called to me, ‘Look, those going towards the north country have given my Spirit^[c] rest in the land of the north.’