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6 : 1 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains ofbronze.
6 : 2 The first chariot hadred horses, the secondblack horses,
6 : 3 the thirdwhite horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses&emdash;all of them strong.
6 : 4 Then I answered and said tothe angel who talked with me,What are these, my lord?
6 : 5 And the angel answered and said to me,These are going out to the four winds of heaven, afterpresenting themselves beforethe Lord of all the earth.
6 : 6 The chariot with the black horses goes towardthe north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go towardthe south country.
6 : 7 When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go andpatrol the earth. And he said,Go,patrol the earth.So they patrolled the earth.
6 : 8 Then he cried to me,Behold, those who go towardthe north country have set my Spirit at rest inthe north country.
6 : 9 And the word of theLordcame to me:
6 : 10 Take from the exilesHeldai, Tobijah, andJedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son ofZephaniah.
6 : 11 Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown,and set it on the head ofJoshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
6 : 12 And say to him,Thus says theLordof hosts,Behold, the man whose name isthe Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, andhe shall build the temple of theLord.
6 : 13 It is he who shall build the temple of theLordand shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be apriest on his throne,and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
6 : 14 And the crown shall be in the temple of theLordasa reminder toHelem,Tobijah,Jedaiah, and Henthe son of Zephaniah.
6 : 15 And those who are far off shall come andhelp to build the temple of theLord.And you shall know that theLordof hosts has sent me to you.And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of theLordyour God.