By the four chariots he describeth the four Monarchies.

Again, I turned and lifted up mine eyes, and looked: and behold, there came four [a]chariots out from between [b]two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of brass.

In the first chariot were [c]red horses, and in the second chariot [d]black horses,

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 6:1 By chariots here, as by horses afore, he meaneth the swift messengers of God to execute and declare his will.
  2. Zechariah 6:1 By the brazen mountains he meaneth the external counsel, and providence of God whereby he hath from before all eternity decreed what shall come to pass, and that which neither Satan nor all the world can alter.
  3. Zechariah 6:2 Which signified the great cruelty and persecution that the Church had endured under divers enemies.
  4. Zechariah 6:2 Signifying, that they had endured great afflictions under the Babylonians.

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