1Then I turned and raised my eyes and looked, and behold, four chariots coming out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of bronze.2In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses.3And in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot spotted strong horses.4Then I answered and said to the messenger who spoke with me, "What are these, my lord?"5The messenger answered and said to me, "These are the four spirits of heaven coming out from standing before the Lord of all the earth."6The black horses among them are going out toward the land of the north, the white went out after them, and the spotted went out toward the land of the south.7And the strong ones went out and sought to walk, to go throughout the land; and he said, "Go, go throughout the land." So they went throughout the land.8Then he called out to me and spoke to me, saying, "See the ones going out toward the land of the north; they have caused my spirit to rest in the land of the north."