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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
- BSB And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
- NKJV Then I turned and raised my eyes and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze.
- NASB Now I raised my eyes again and looked, and behold, four chariots were going out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains.
- NLT Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two bronze mountains.
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Zechariah's eighth and final vision: four chariots emerging between two bronze mountains. They depict God's powerful agents going out into all the earth.
Overview
The four chariots recall the patrolling horses of the first vision, framing the series with God's sovereign oversight of the nations. The bronze mountains suggest the firm, immovable place from which God's judgments proceed. This opening of the last vision affirms that the Lord of all the earth governs world history, working His purposes toward the kingdom of His Messiah.
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Cross-references · 19
- Eph 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
- Zech 6:5And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth.
- Zech 1:18–19Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
- Acts 4:28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
- Dan 8:22Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
- Zech 5:1Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
- Dan 4:35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
- Ps 36:6Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
- Dan 7:3–7And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
- Prov 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
- Dan 4:15Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
- Isa 14:26–27This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
- Dan 2:38–40And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
- Ps 33:11The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
- Isa 43:13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
- 1 Sam 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
- Job 34:29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
- Isa 46:10–11Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
- Eph 3:11According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
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