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Zechariah
In Zechariah 6:5, the angel explains the four chariots as “the four spirits of heaven” going out from standing before the Lord of all the earth. They are sent out to patrol the earth in Zechariah 6:7. The vision presents them as agents dispatched by the Lord.
1Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
2In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
3and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.
4Then I answered the angel who talked with me, What are these, my lord?
5The angel answered me, These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
6[The chariot] in which are the black horses goes forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country.
7The strong went forth, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk back and forth through the earth. So they walked back and forth through the earth.