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[1]Moreouer,I turned me, lyfting vp myne eyes, and loked, and behold there came foure charrets out from betwixt two hylles, which hylles were of brasse
[2]Inthe first charret were red horses, in ye seconde charret were blacke horses
[3]Inthe third charret were white horses, in the fourth charret were horses of diuers colours, and strong
[4]Thenspake I, and saide vnto the angel that talked with me: O Lord, what are these
[5]Theangel aunswerd & saide vnto me: These are the foure spirites of the heauen, which be come foorth to stand before the ruler of all the earth
[6]Thatwith the blacke horse went foorth into the lande of the north, & the white folowed them, and the speckled horses went foorth toward the south
[7]Andthe strong horses went out, & required to go and take their iourney ouer the whole earth: And he saide, Get you hence, & go through the worlde: So they went throughout the worlde
[8]Thencryed he vpon me, & spake vnto me, saying: Beholde, these that go toward the north, shal stil my wrath in the north countrey
[9]Andthe worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying
[10]Takeof the prisoners that are come from Babylon, namely, Heldai, Tobiah, & Idaia: and come thou the same day, and go vnto the house of Iosiah the sonne of Zophonia
[11]Thentake golde and siluer, & make crownes therof, and set them vpon the head of Iosua the sonne of Iosedech the hie priest
[12]Andspeake vnto him, thus saith the lord of hoastes: Behold the man whose name is the braunche, & he shall growe vp out of his place, and he shal build vp the temple of the Lorde
[13]Yea,euen he shal builde vp the temple of the lord, & he shal beare the prayse: he shal sit vpon the lordes throne, and haue the domination: A priest shal he be also vpon his throne, & a peaceable counsell shalbe betwixt them both
[14]Andthe crowne shalbe to Helem, & to Tobiah, & to Idaia, & to Hen the sonne of Zophoni, for a memoriall in the temple of the Lorde
[15]Andsuch as be farre of shall come, and build in ye temple of the lord, that ye may know how that the lord of hoastes hath sent me vnto you: And this shal come to passe, if ye wyll hearken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde your God
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