Zechariah 6:6

6 The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go toward the west country, and the dappled ones go toward the south country."

Zechariah 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 6:6

The black horses which [are] therein
Which were in the second chariot: no further mention is made of the red horses in the first chariot, because the kingdom of the Chaldeans was now extinct: these design the Medes and Persians: go forth into the north country:
into the country of Babylon or Chaldea, which lay north of Judea; see ( Jeremiah 1:13-15 ) ( 3:12 ) ( 6:22 ) and other places; these went to Babylon, took that, and seized on the empire, and delivered the Jews, who were captives there: and the white go forth after them;
the Grecians under Alexander, who went after the Medes and Persians into the same country, and fought Darius the Persian, and conquered him: and the grisled go forth toward the south country;
the Romans under Julius Caesar, Augustus, and others before them, who went into Egypt, which lay south of Judea, ( Daniel 11:5 ) and conquered that, and other nations, and set up the fourth kingdom or monarchy.

Zechariah 6:6 In-Context

4 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"

5 The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of heaven going out, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.

6 The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go toward the west country, and the dappled ones go toward the south country."

7 When the steeds came out, they were impatient to get off and patrol the earth. And he said, "Go, patrol the earth." So they patrolled the earth.

8 Then he cried out to me, "Lo, those who go toward the north country have set my spirit at rest in the north country."

Footnotes

• [a]. Cn: Heb [go after them]