George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Zechariah 6:2
Red. The Chaldeans were bloody towards the Jews, and clothed in red, Nahum ii. 3. (Menochius)
Red. The Chaldeans were bloody towards the Jews, and clothed in red, Nahum ii. 3. (Menochius)
Verse Zechariah 6:2. _IN THE FIRST CHARIOT_ were _red horses_] The empire of the Chaldeans, which overthrew the empire of the _Assyrians_. _THE SECOND CHARIOT BLACK HORSES_] The empire of the _Persia...
The symbol is different from that in the first vision. There Zechariah 1:8, they were horses only, with their riders, to go to and fro to enquire; here they are war-chariots with their horses, to exec...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The eighth vision (Zechariah 6:1) _ 2. The crowning of Joshua, the High-Priest (Zechariah 6:9) Zechariah 6:1. The last vision is the vision of the four chariots. We notice the similar...
A MORE DEFINITE VERSION OF THE ALLEGORY IN ZECHARIAH 1:8 FF. Here, however, the horsemen of the former allegory, who represent messengers, are replaced by chariots which symbolise warlike agencies. By...
RED. The colours are not explained by the angel as having any significance. They are not explained in Zechariah 6:5, probably because then already gone forth....
_red horses_ The colours of the horses are not necessarily significant (see Zechariah 1:8, and note there). They have, however, been interpreted, as for example by Pusey: "Red, as the colour of blood,...
BEHOLD, THERE CAME FOUR CHARIOTS— These denote the four great empires which subdued the then known parts of the world. They are represented as coming from between two mountains, because mountains are...
CHAPTER XXXIV A VISION OF WAR CHARIOTS Zechariah 6:1-8 RV. And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were moun...
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; IN THE FIRST CHARIOT WERE RED HORSES - i...
THE EIGHTH VISION. THE SYMBOLIC CROWNING 1-8. Four war-chariots, with variously coloured horses, go forth to execute God's judgments against the enemies of oppressed Israel in different parts of the...
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...
RED. — Better, _bay,_ as in Zechariah 1:8. “Red” is applicable to cows, but “bay” to horses....
בַּ † מֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הָ רִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה סוּסִ֣ים אֲדֻמִּ֑ים...
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
THE VISION OF THE CHARIOTS Zechariah 6:1-15 This is a vision of protection and deliverance. Four chariots issue from the mountains around Jerusalem. The colors of the horses represent the commission...
In the last vision the prophet observed four chariots, coming out from between two mountains of brass, one drawn by red horses, one by black horses, one by white horses, and one by grizzled horses. In...
In the first chariot [were] (c) red horses; and in the second chariot (d) black horses; (c) Which signifies the great cruelty and persecution that the Church had endured under different enemies. (d)...
"And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. (2) In the first chariot were red h...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
With regard to the chariots, we have seen elsewhere that angels are compared to horsemen; for these ride swiftly as it were through the whole world to execute what God commands them: so also whatever...
In chapter 6 we are shewn the government of God in the four monarchies, but neither as immediate government on God's part nor merely that of human government. We have seen power committed to man in th...
IN THE FIRST CHARIOT [WERE] RED HORSES,.... If these are to be understood of the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the Gospel, they may be compared to "horses", for bearing the name of Christ, and...
In the first chariot [were] red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; Ver. 2. _In the first chariot were red horses, &c._] These various colours seem to set forth the various administration...
_In the first chariot were red horses_ This meant the Chaldean empire, the bloody cruelties of which were signified by the red colour of the horses. This empire being overthrown, and its power extinct...
In the first chariot, harnessed to it, WERE RED HORSES, signifying war and bloodshed; AND IN THE SECOND CHARIOT BLACK HORSES, the color of misfortune, of mourning, and of death;...
THE VISION OF THE FOUR CHARIOTS...
THE EIGHTH VISION - FOUR CHARIOTS (vv. 1-8) The last of Zechariah's visions is of four chariots coming forth between the two mountains (JND). Note that the definite article "the" is used here, and i...
1-8 This vision may represent the ways of Providence in the government of this lower world. Whatever the providences of God about us are, as to public or private affairs, we should see them all as co...
There is no distinction made between chariot and chariot, nor any mention made of the drivers of these chariots, though these are included in the chariots. Now by the different colours of the horses d...
Zechariah 6:2 first H7223 chariot H4818 red H122 horses H5483 second H8145 chariot H4818 black H7838 horses H5483
THE EIGHTH VISION. THE FOUR CHARIOTS - THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN - AND THEIR ACTIVITY ON EARTH (ZECHARIAH 6:1). Whereas in chapter 1 the horsemen were scouts going out to see if any activity was going...
CONTENTS: Vision of the four chariots. The symbolic crowning of Joshua. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Zechariah, angel, Joshua, Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, Josiah. CONCLUSION: Following the day when God's j...
Zechariah 6:1. _Four chariots._ The four great monarchies seen in vision by Daniel, under the form of four beasts: chap. 7. The mountains of brass are expressive of the strength of those empires. Dani...
_Behold there came four chariots out from between two mountains _ THE FOUR CHARIOTS The general meaning of this vision is very clear. The enemies of the Church shall be punished, is the motto of the...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 6:1 Zechariah’s eighth vision begins with FOUR CHARIOTS with horses of different colors (vv. Zechariah 6:1). The chariots go out from b
CRITICAL NOTES.] CHARIOTS] Symbolic of four great empires described (Daniel 2:31; Daniel 7:3): or of the four winds of heaven (Zechariah 6:5). TWO MOUNTAINS] Between Moriah and Zion, some; others, emb...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 6:1 § 10. _The eighth vision: the four chariots._ ZECHARIAH 6:1 I TURNED, AND LIFTED UP MINE EYES (see note on Zechariah
Zechariah, chapter 6. Now as we pointed out, the Lord gave to Zechariah ten visions. Visions are subject to interpretation. Oftentimes the meaning of them is rather veiled. And unless the Lord gives t...
Revelation 12:3; Revelation 17:3; Revelation 6:2; Revelation 6:5;...
Red horses — Perhaps denoting bloody times, Revelation 6:4. Black horses — Perhaps a time of mortality, and wasting diseases, Revelation 6:5....