Zacarías 6:4-14

4 —¿Y qué son estos, mi señor? —le pregunté al ángel que hablaba conmigo.

5 —Son los cuatro espíritus
del cielo que están delante del Señor de toda la tierra —el ángel contestó—. Ellos salen a hacer su trabajo.

6 El carro con caballos negros va al norte, el carro con caballos blancos va al occidente
y el carro con caballos tordos va al sur.

7 Los poderosos caballos estaban ansiosos por salir a vigilar la tierra. Así que el Señor
dijo: «¡Vayan y vigilen la tierra!». Entonces salieron de inmediato a hacer el recorrido.

8 Luego el Señor
me llamó y me dijo: «Mira, los que fueron al norte han desahogado el enojo de mi Espíritu
allí en la tierra del norte».

9 Coronación de Jesúa
Entonces recibí otro mensaje del Señor
:

10 «Heldai, Tobías, y Jedaías traerán obsequios de plata y oro de los judíos desterrados en Babilonia. En cuanto lleguen, encuéntrate con ellos en la casa de Josías, hijo de Sofonías.

11 Acepta sus obsequios y, con la plata y el oro, haz una corona.
Entonces coloca la corona en la cabeza de Jesúa
hijo de Josadac, el sumo sacerdote.

12 Dile: “El Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales declara: ‘Este es el hombre llamado el Retoño. Él echará ramas desde donde está y construirá el templo del Señor
’”.

13 Así es, él construirá el templo del Señor
. Entonces recibirá el honor real y desde su trono gobernará como rey; también desde su trono servirá como sacerdote
y habrá armonía perfecta entre sus dos oficios.

14 »La corona servirá de recordatorio en el templo del Señor
en reconocimiento a quienes la obsequiaron: Heldai,
Tobías, Jedaías y Josías,
hijo de Sofonías».

Zacarías 6:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 6

This chapter contains a vision of four chariots, and the explanation of it; and an order to make crowns of gold and silver for certain uses mentioned; and a famous prophecy concerning the Messiah as the builder of the temple, the church. The chariots are described by their number, four; by the place, the mountains, from whence they came out; and by the different colour of the horses in each of them, Zec 6:1-3 upon the prophets inquiry what these were, an explanation is given of them; and they are said to be the four spirits of the heavens; and are described by their situation, standing before the Lord of the whole earth; by their mission from him; by each of the places to which they were sent; and by their success, or by the good effects produced, at least by some of them, Zec 6:4-8 then follows the order to make the crowns; and it is declared what they should be made of, gold and silver; from whom they were to be had, and who were to be concerned herein; and what was to be done with them; they were to be put upon the head of Joshua the high priest, Zec 6:9-11 who, being an eminent type of Christ, a prophecy concerning him is ordered to be delivered to him; who is described by his name, the man, the Branch; by the place he should grow up from; by the work he should do, building the temple of the Lord; by the glory he should have on account of it; and by the offices of King, Priest, and Prophet, he should execute, Zec 6:12,13 and after this was done, then the crowns were to be laid up in the temple of the Lord for a memorial, by the four men above mentioned, Zec 6:14 and though the Messiah is the chief builder of the temple, the church, yet it is suggested that others, and even Gentiles, should come and build in it; and which when done, it would be evident that the prophet had his mission to the Jews of the Lord; and the chapter is closed with a promise of the accomplishment of all this, should they diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord, Zec 6:15.