ゼカリヤ書 6:1-2 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 6:1-8

The world ruled in the interest of Christianity. I. THE POWERS OF THE WORLD ARE UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOD . East and west, north and south, all the world over, God is supreme. He is the Lord of all forces, the Ruler of all events, the Arbiter of all destinies. War, famine, pestilence, may be the result of natural causes, but, all the same, they are his servants; they come and go at his command; they accomplish what he pleases. "Happy the man who sees a God employed ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 6:1-8

God's government of the world. "And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass," etc. This is the last in the series of visions, which amount in all to eight, during that one night. All are so obscure that the more scholarly and enlightened the expositor, the less disposed will he be to regard his interpretation as absolutely correct. Certainly this is not more easy of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 6:2

Red horses ( see note on Zechariah 1:8 ). The colours of the horses are significant, though the symbols are not undisputed. "Red" symbolizes bloodshed and war ( Isaiah 63:2 ; Revelation 6:4 ); "black," sorrow and mourning ( Isaiah 1:3 ; Jeremiah 4:28 ; Revelation 6:5 ); "white," victory and joy ( Ecclesiastes 9:8 ; Revelation 6:2 ; Revelation 19:11 ). What the colour of the horses in the fourth chariot means is very doubtful (see below on Zechariah 6:3 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 6:1

Behold, four chariots going forth - Alb.: “By the secret disposal of God into the theater of the world,” “from between two mountains of brass.” Both Jews and Christians have seen that the four chariots relate to the same four empires, as the visions in Daniel.“The two mountains.” It may be that the imagery is from the two mountains on either side of the valley of Jehoshaphat, which Joel had spoken of as the place of God’s judgment, Joel 3:2, and Zechariah afterward Zechariah 14:4. It may then... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 6:2-3

The symbol is different from that in the first vision. There Zechariah 1:8, they were horses only, with their riders, to go to and fro to enquire; here they are war-chariots with their horses, to execute God’s judgments, each in their turn. In the first vision also, there is not the characteristic fourfold division, which reminds of the four world-empires of Daniel Daniel 2:0; after which, in both prophets, is the mention of the kingdom of Christ. Even if the grisled horses be the same as the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 6:1

Zechariah 6:1. And I turned and looked, &c. “The main design of this eighth and last vision is to confirm the Jews in their faith in, and dependance upon God, by showing them that, weak and defenceless as they seemed to be, they had nothing to fear from the greatest earthly powers, while they remained under the divine protection; since all those powers originally proceeded from the counsels of the Almighty, were the instruments of his providence, and could not subsist, nor act, but... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 6:2-3

Zechariah 6:2-3. In the first chariot were red horses This meant the Chaldean empire, the bloody cruelties of which were signified by the red colour of the horses. This empire being overthrown, and its power extinct, when the prophet had this vision, it is only mentioned by-the-by, for the sake of order, and nothing further is said of it. And in the second, black horses We find by the Apocalypse, Revelation 6:5, that a black horse was an emblem of famine, or dearth, so that the chariot... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 6:1-8

Assurance of final victory (5:1-6:8)Previously God gave a promise that the Messiah will remove sin from the land (see 3:9b). This will come either through forgiveness (in the case of those who repent) or destruction (in the case of those who continue in their sin). This latter judgment is now pictured in the vision of a huge flying scroll that announces God’s judgment on all those who choose to ignore God’s law. No one has any excuse, because the scroll is large enough for all to read and it... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 6:1

and looked. Thus is the eighth vision two mountains . Compare Zechariah 1:8 and Zechariah 4:7 . brass = copper or bronze. Compare Deuteronomy 8:9 read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 6:2

red. The colours are not explained by the angel as having any significance. They are not explained in Zechariah 6:5 , probably because then already gone forth. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 6:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 6:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 6:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 6:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 6:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 6:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 6:2-3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 6:1-8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 6:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 6:2

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