A Vision of Four Chariots

¹Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of mbronze. ²The first chariot had nred horses, the second oblack horses, ³the third pwhite horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.1 ⁴Then I answered and said to qthe angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” ⁵And the angel answered and said to me, r“These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after spresenting themselves before tthe Lord of all the earth. ⁶The chariot with the black horses goes toward uthe north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward vthe south country.” ⁷When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and wpatrol the earth. And he said, “Go, wpatrol the earth.” wSo they patrolled the earth. ⁸Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward uthe north country have set my Spirit at rest in uthe north country.”

The Crown and the Temple

⁹And the word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁰“Take from the exiles xHeldai, Tobijah, and yJedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of zZephaniah. ¹¹Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, aand set it on the head of bJoshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ¹²And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is cthe Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and dhe shall build the temple of the Lord. ¹³dIt is he who shall build the temple of the Lord eand shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there2 shall be a fpriest on his throne, gand the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’ ¹⁴And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as ha reminder to iHelem,3 jTobijah, jJedaiah, and Hen jthe son of Zephaniah.

¹⁵k“And those who are far off shall come and lhelp to build the temple of the Lord. mAnd you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. nAnd this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”