⁸ During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red^(A) horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.^(B)

⁴ Then another horse came out, a fiery red one.^(A) Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth^(B) and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.

To the Church in Ephesus

2 “To the angel^[a] of the church in Ephesus^(A) write:

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

¹⁹ Then I saw the beast^(A) and the kings of the earth^(B) and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse^(C) and his army. ²⁰ But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet^(D) who had performed the signs^(E) on its behalf.^(F) With these signs he had deluded^(G) those who had received the mark of the beast^(H) and worshiped its image.^(I) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake^(J) of burning sulfur.^{(K) 21} The rest were killed with the sword^(L) coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,^(M) and all the birds^(N) gorged themselves on their flesh.

² The first chariot had red horses, the second black,^{(A) 3} the third white,^(B) 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](C) of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world.^{(D) 6} The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west,^[b] and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

⁷ When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth.^(E) And he said, “Go throughout the earth!” So they went throughout the earth.

¹³ “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,^[a](A) coming^(B) with the clouds of heaven.^(C) He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.