George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Zechariah 6:3
Strong; (Protestants marginal note) the text has "bay." (Haydock) --- Some Greek copies read erroneously, red. (St. Jerome) --- Others have, variegated, as ver. 7. (Haydock)
Strong; (Protestants marginal note) the text has "bay." (Haydock) --- Some Greek copies read erroneously, red. (St. Jerome) --- Others have, variegated, as ver. 7. (Haydock)
Verse Zechariah 6:3. _THE THIRD CHARIOT WHITE HORSES_] The empire of the _Greeks_, founded by _Alexander the Great_, which destroyed the empire of the _Persians_. _THE FOURTH CHARIOT GRISLED AND BAY...
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 exec...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The eighth vision (Zechariah 6:1) _ 2. The crowning of Joshua, the High-Priest (Zechariah 6:9) Zechariah 6:1. The last vision is the vision of the four chariots. We notice the similar...
A MORE DEFINITE VERSION OF THE ALLEGORY IN ZECHARIAH 1:8 FF. Here, however, the horsemen of the former allegory, who represent messengers, are replaced by chariots which symbolise warlike agencies. By...
GRISLED. speckled, or dappled: i.e. like hail. Compare Genesis 31:10; Genesis 31:12. Grisled (now spelled grizzled) is from the French gris. iron-grey. BAY. strong. Hebrew. _amuzzim_. Occurs only here...
_grisled and bay_ Rather, SPOTTED AND ACTIVE, or STRONG, as in margin of A. V. and R. V. They were spotted, perhaps with white spots on a dark ground, "sparsis pellibus albo dixit" (Virgil, _Ec_. ii....
BEHOLD, THERE CAME FOUR CHARIOTS— These denote the four great empires which subdued the then known parts of the world. They are represented as coming from between two mountains, because mountains are...
CHAPTER XXXIV A VISION OF WAR CHARIOTS Zechariah 6:1-8 RV. And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were moun...
And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. AND IN THE THIRD CHARIOT WHITE HORSES - implying joy and victory (Calvin). IN THE FOURTH CHARIOT GRISLED -...
6:3 strong (a-14) Or 'vigorous;' others 'red;' so ver 7....
THE EIGHTH VISION. THE SYMBOLIC CROWNING 1-8. Four war-chariots, with variously coloured horses, go forth to execute God's judgments against the enemies of oppressed Israel in different parts of the...
GRISLED AND BAY] lit. 'spotted, vigorous.' It is difficult to explain the two adjectives. The first etymologically means 'spotted as with a hailstorm'; and those who see a significance in the colours...
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...
FOR GRISLED AND BAY, read only the first word, _grey,_ as in Zechariah 1:8. It is necessary (with the Syriac Version) to make this conjectural emendation, because (as the Hebrew text now stands), in t...
וּ בַ † מֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הַ שְּׁלִשִׁ֖ית סוּסִ֣ים...
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
THE VISION OF THE CHARIOTS Zechariah 6:1-15 This is a vision of protection and deliverance. Four chariots issue from the mountains around Jerusalem. The colors of the horses represent the commission...
In the last vision the prophet observed four chariots, coming out from between two mountains of brass, one drawn by red horses, one by black horses, one by white horses, and one by grizzled horses. In...
And in the third chariot (e) white horses; and in the fourth chariot (f) spotted and bay horses. (e) These represented their state under the Persians, who restored them to their liberty. (f) Which s...
"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. (2) In the first chariot were red h...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
As to the last chariot, the Prophet says, that it went forth _toward the south_, and then it went elsewhere, and even through the whole world, for God had so permitted. Now as to the meaning of this P...
In chapter 6 we are shewn the government of God in the four monarchies, but neither as immediate government on God's part nor merely that of human government. We have seen power committed to man in th...
AND IN THE THIRD CHARIOT WHITE HORSES,.... Which, as referring to Gospel preachers, may denote the purity of their lives and doctrines, and their conquests and victories over the souls of men by the m...
_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...
and in the third chariot white horses, implying joy and victory; AND IN THE FOURTH CHARIOT GRIZZLED AND BAY HORSES Cf Revelation 6:8....
THE VISION OF THE FOUR CHARIOTS...
THE EIGHTH VISION - FOUR CHARIOTS (vv. 1-8) The last of Zechariah's visions is of four chariots coming forth between the two mountains (JND). Note that the definite article "the" is used here, and i...
BAY: Or, strong...
1-8 This vision may represent the ways of Providence in the government of this lower world. Whatever the providences of God about us are, as to public or private affairs, we should see them all as co...
WHITE HORSES; joyful and prosperous affairs: see MALACHI 1:8. GRISLED AND BAY; state of affairs mixed of good and bad: see MALACHI 1:8....
Zechariah 6:3 third H7992 chariot H4818 white H3836 horses H5483 fourth H7243 chariot H4818 dappled H1261 strong H554
THE EIGHTH VISION. THE FOUR CHARIOTS - THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN - AND THEIR ACTIVITY ON EARTH (ZECHARIAH 6:1). Whereas in chapter 1 the horsemen were scouts going out to see if any activity was going...
CONTENTS: Vision of the four chariots. The symbolic crowning of Joshua. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Zechariah, angel, Joshua, Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, Josiah. CONCLUSION: Following the day when God's j...
Zechariah 6:1. _Four chariots._ The four great monarchies seen in vision by Daniel, under the form of four beasts: chap. 7. The mountains of brass are expressive of the strength of those empires. Dani...
_Behold there came four chariots out from between two mountains _ THE FOUR CHARIOTS The general meaning of this vision is very clear. The enemies of the Church shall be punished, is the motto of the...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 6:1 Zechariah’s eighth vision begins with FOUR CHARIOTS with horses of different colors (vv. Zechariah 6:1). The chariots go out from b
CRITICAL NOTES.] CHARIOTS] Symbolic of four great empires described (Daniel 2:31; Daniel 7:3): or of the four winds of heaven (Zechariah 6:5). TWO MOUNTAINS] Between Moriah and Zion, some; others, emb...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 6:1 § 10. _The eighth vision: the four chariots._ ZECHARIAH 6:1 I TURNED, AND LIFTED UP MINE EYES (see note on Zechariah
Zechariah, chapter 6. Now as we pointed out, the Lord gave to Zechariah ten visions. Visions are subject to interpretation. Oftentimes the meaning of them is rather veiled. And unless the Lord gives t...
Daniel 2:33; Daniel 2:40; Daniel 2:41; Revelation 19:11; Revelat
White horses — Signifying joyful and prosperous affairs, Zechariah 1:8. Grisled — A mixt state of affairs....