And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, the four winds as the instruments of the Lord's will, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. Cf Psalms 104:4; Psalms 148:8. The agency of the winds in the work of destructive judgment is mentioned also elsewhere in the Bible Cf Revelation 7:1.
Verse Zechariah 6:5. _THE FOUR SPIRITS OF THE HEAVENS_] Ministers of God's wrath against the sinful nations of the world....
THESE ARE THE FOUR SPIRITS OF THE HEAVENS - They cannot be literal winds: for spirits, not winds, stand before God, as His servants, as in Job, “the sons of God came to present themselves before the L...
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...
THESE ARE, &c. This is the angel's interpretation, and needs no further explanation. It is for our faith; not for our reason, THE FOUR SPIRITS: or, the four angels. Compare Revelation 7:1; Revelation...
_spirits_ Rather, WINDS. Comp. Revelation 7:1. _from standing before_ as servants to receive His commands. Psalms 104:4....
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...
And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. THESE ARE THE FOUR SPIRITS OF THE HEAVENS - the he...
6:5 standing (b-21) Or 'presenting themselves,' as Job 1:6 ....
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...
THE FOUR SPIRITS OF THE HEAVENS] RV 'winds' (the word for 'wind' in Heb. means also 'spirit,' i.e. breath); but would the prophet speak of winds 'standing before the Lord'? The addition of a single le...
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...
SPIRITS. — Better, _winds._ WHICH GO FORTH. — Better, _going forth._ “Winds,” out of which He makes His messages (Psalms 104:4), are most appropriately used here, as symbolical of the working of God’s...
וַ יַּ֥עַן הַ מַּלְאָ֖ךְ וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֑י
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...
And the angel answered and said to me, These [are] the four (g) spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. (g) Meaning, all the actions and motions of God'...
_Winds. These angels go throughout the world to punish, Daniel x. 13. We commonly suppose the tutelar angels to be for the defence of their kingdoms. (Calmet) --- But they may often promote our real w...
"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...
I come now to the words, _The angel answered, These are four spirits_, _etc_. Some give another rendering, _These _chariots _go forth to the four winds_, or parts of heaven; but this is forced, and th...
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...
AND THE ANGEL ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO ME,.... In order to grant him his request, and explain the vision of the chariots: THESE [ARE] THE FOUR SPIRITS OF THE HEAVENS; or, "the four winds of the heavens...
And the angel answered and said unto me, These [are] the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. Ver. 5. _These are the four spirits of the heavens...
_These are the four spirits of the heavens_ Or rather, _The four winds_, as the word רוחות very frequently signifies, and as it is here rendered in the margin, and also by the LXX. and the Vulgate: th...
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...
SPIRITS: Or, winds...
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...
THESE ARE, signify, or are the emblems of, the four spirits, Heb. _winds_, to which the empires are compared, DANIEL 7:2, and for the bustlings of them may be well compared so; and forasmuch as they a...
Zechariah 6:5 angel H4397 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) four H702 spirits H7307 heaven H8064 out...
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...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 6:5 The angel explains that the chariots represent the FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN. Nowhere in the world is outside their reach. The Hebrew word for “wind” is the same as that for...
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...
1 Kings 19:11; 1 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 18:18; 2 Chronicles 18:19;...
These are — The angels of heaven, who have a great share in the management of the affairs both of the church and states. Of the heavens — Which reside in heaven, 'till employed, go thence when employe...