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The angel said, “These are the four winds.[a] They have just come from the Lord of the whole world. The black horses will go north, the red horses will go east, the white horses will go west, and the horses with red spots will go south.”

The red spotted horses were anxious to go look at their part of the earth, so the angel told them, “Go walk through the earth.” So they went walking through their part of the earth.

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  1. Zechariah 6:5 four winds Or “four spirits.” Four winds often means “winds that blow from every direction: north, south, east, and west.”

The angel answered me, “These are the four spirits[a](A) of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world.(B) The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west,[b] and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth.(C) And he said, “Go throughout the earth!” So they went throughout the earth.

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  1. Zechariah 6:5 Or winds
  2. Zechariah 6:6 Or horses after them