Zechariah 6:5

The angel explains the chariots are the four winds (or spirits) of heaven going out from standing before the Lord of all the earth. They are God's commissioned agents serving the universal Sovereign.

Cross-references · 25

• Heb 1:7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
• Ezek 10:9–19And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
• Heb 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
• Ps 104:3–4Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
• Rev 7:1And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
• Ezek 37:9Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
• Dan 7:2Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
• Matt 24:31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• 1 Kgs 22:19And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
• Dan 7:10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
• Ps 68:17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
• Zech 1:10–11And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
• Ezek 1:5–28Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
• Ezek 11:22Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
• Isa 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• 1 Kgs 19:11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
• Matt 18:10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
• Luke 1:19And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
• Job 2:1–2Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
• 2 Chr 18:18–19Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
• Zech 4:10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
• Ps 148:8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
• Zech 4:14Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.
• Rev 14:6–13And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
• Job 1:6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

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