Zechariah 6:7

Zechariah 6:7

5 And the angel answered and said to me, ^a“These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their ^bstation before the Lord of all the earth.

6 The one with the black horses is going to ^athe north country, the white are going after them, and the dappled are going toward the south country.”

7 Then the strong steeds went out, eager to go, that they might ^awalk to and fro throughout the earth. And He said, “Go, walk to and fro throughout the earth.” So they walked to and fro throughout the earth.

8 And He called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “See, those who go toward the north country have given rest to My ^aSpirit in the north country.”

The Command to Crown Joshua

9 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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bay—rather, the "fleet" (or "strong"). As the "red" are not otherwise mentioned, the epithet "fleet" (as the Hebrew for "bay" ought to be translated) in Zechariah 6:3 seems to apply to all four, and here especially to the "red." Their office is to complete hereafter the work already in part executed by the previous three who have stilled Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Græco-Macedonia; namely, to punish finally the last great foe of Israel, the final form assumed by the fourth world kingdom, Rome, which is to continue down to the second advent of Christ. Hence they "walk to and fro through the earth," counterworking Satan's "going to and fro in the earth" (Job 1:7; II Thessalonians 2:8-9; I Timothy 4:1), in connection with the last awful development of the fourth world kingdom. Their "fleetness" is needed to counteract his restless activity; their red color implies the final great carnage (Eze. 39:1-29; Revelation 19:17-18, Revelation 19:21).

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