Zacarías 6:5-15

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».

15 Vendrá gente desde tierras lejanas a reedificar el templo del Señor
. Cuando esto ocurra, ustedes sabrán que mis mensajes vinieron del Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales. Todo esto sucederá si ustedes se aseguran de obedecer lo que dice el Señor
su Dios.

Zacarías 6:5-15 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.