Zechariah 6:1-8

New International Reader's Version

A Vision of Four Chariots

6 I looked up again and saw four chariots. They were coming out from between two mountains. The mountains were made out of bronze. ² The first chariot was pulled by red horses. The second one had black horses. ³ The third had white horses. And the fourth had spotted horses. All the horses were powerful. ⁴ I asked the angel who was talking with me, “Sir, what are these?”

⁵ The angel answered, “The four spirits of heaven. They are going out to serve the Lord of the whole world. ⁶ The chariot pulled by the black horses is going toward the north country. The one with the white horses is going toward the west. And the one with the spotted horses is going toward the south.”

⁷ The powerful horses went out. They were in a hurry to go all over the earth. The angel said, “Go all through the earth!” So they did.

⁸ Then the Lord called out to me, “Look! The horses going toward the north have given my Spirit rest in the north country.”