Zechariah 6:2

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, represented Babylon as sanguinary (Revelation 6:4)." "The colour blackdoubtless symbolises the heavy lot, inflicted by the Medo-Persians (Ib. 5, 6)." "White is a symbol of joy, gladness (Ecclesiastes 9:8), victory (Revelation 6:2), perhaps also, from its relation to light of acute intelligence." "The grizzled, the Romans in their mingled character, so prominent in the fourth empire of Daniel (Daniel 2:41-43)."