“Then I said to the angel
Who talked with me.
‘What are these?
My lord!’
The angel answered me.
‘These are the four winds
Of heaven going out,
After presenting themselves
Before Yahweh,
The Lord
Of all the earth.
The red horses
Advance to the east country.
The chariot with the black horses
Goes toward the north country.
The white horse chariots
Go toward the west country.
The dappled horse chariots
Go toward the south country.’”
Once again, as usual, Zechariah asked the angel who talked to him what was this vision all about. This angel answered that these 4 chariots represented the 4 winds of heaven. Each of these chariots with their colorful horses went in a different direction, after having presented themselves to Yahweh. The red horses with their chariot went in an eastern direction. The chariot with the black horses went north. The while horses with their chariot went to the western area, while the dappled horses with their chariot went south. Thus, all the different directions were covered.
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