Now I raised my eyes again and looked, and behold, ^afour chariots were going out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains. 2 With the first chariot were ^ared horses, with the second chariot ^bblack horses, 3 with the third chariot ^awhite horses, and with the fourth chariot strong ^bspotted horses. 4 So I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “^aWhat are these, my lord?” 5 The angel replied to me, “These are the ^afour spirits of heaven, going out after taking their stand before the Lord of all the earth, 6 with one of which the black horses are going out to the ^anorth country; and the white ones are to go out after them, while the spotted ones are to go out to the ^bsouth country.” 7 When the strong ones went out, they ¹were eager to go to ^2apatrol the earth. And He said, “Go, ³patrol the earth.” So they ⁴patrolled the earth. 8 Then He called out to me and spoke to me, saying, “See, those who are going to the land of the north have ^1aappeased My wrath in the land of the north.”

9 The ^aword of the LORD also came to me, saying, 10 “^aTake an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah; and you shall go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have arrived from Babylon.

11 Also take silver and gold, make an ornate ^acrown, and set it on the head of ^bJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12 Then say to him, ‘The LORD of armies says this: “Behold, there is a Man whose name is ^1aBranch, for He will ^2bbranch out from where He is; and He will ^cbuild the temple of the LORD. 13 Yes, it is He who will build the temple of the LORD, and He who will ^abear the majesty and sit and ^brule on His throne. So He will be a ^cpriest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two ¹offices.”’ 14 Now the ^acrown will become a reminder in the temple of the LORD to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and ¹Hen the son of Zephaniah. 15 ^aThose who are far away will come and ¹build the temple of the LORD.” Then you will ^bknow that the LORD of armies has sent me to you. And it will take place if you completely ^cobey ²the LORD your God.