By the four charettes he describeth the four monarchies.
1.Again, I turned and lift mine eyes, and looked: and behold, there came four acharettes out from between btwo mountains, and the mountains were mountains of brass.
2.In the first charet were cred horses, and in the second charet dblack horses,
3.And in the third charet ewhite horses, and in the fourte charet, horses of fdivers colours, and reddish.
4.Then I answered, and said unto the Angel that talked with me, What are there, my Lord?
5.And the Angel answered, and said unto me, These are the gfour spirits of the heaven, which go forth from standing with the Lord of all the earth.
6.That with the black horse went forth into the land of the North, and the white went out after them, and they of divers colours went forth toward the hSouth country.
7.And the ireddish went out, and required to go, and pass through the world, and he said, Go pass through the world. So they went throughout the world.
8.Then cryed he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the North country, have pacified my kspirit in the North country.
9.And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
10.Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldái, and of Tobijáh, & Jedaiáh, which are come from Babél, and come thou the same day, and go unto the house lof Joshiáh, the son of Zephaniáh.
11.Take even silver, and gold, and make crowns, & set them upon the mhead of Jehoshúa, the son of Jehozadák the hie Priest,
12.And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, and saith, Behold the man whose name is the nBranch, and he shal grow oup out of his place, and he shal pbuylde the Temple of the Lord.
13.Even he shal build the Temple of the Lord, and he shal bear the qglory, and shal sit and rule upon his throne, and he shalbe a Priest upon his throne, and the counsel of peace shalbe between rthem both.
14.And the crowns shalbe to sHelém, and to Tobijáh and to Jedaiáh, and to tHen the son of Zephaniáh, for a umemorial in the Temple of the Lord.
15.And they that are xfar off, shal come and build in the Temple of the Lord, and ye shal know, that the Lord of hostes hath sent me unto you. And this shal come to pass, if ye wil yobey the voyce of the Lord your God.
By the brasen mountains he means the eternal counsel and provi- dence of God, whereby he has from before all eternity decreed what shall come to pass, and that which neither Satan nor all the world can alter.
Which signified that God would sometime give his Church rest, and pour his plagues upon their enemies, as he did in destroying Nineveh and Babylon, and other their enemies.
To receive of him and the other three, money to make the two crowns: which were men of great authority among the Jews, and doubted of the restitution of the kingdom and of the Priesthood, and hurt others by their example.
Because this could not be attribute to any one according to the Law, therefore it follows that Jehoshua must represent the Messiah who was both Priest and King.
That they may acknowledge their infirmity, which looked that all things should have been restored incontinently: and of this their infidelity these two crowns shall remain as tokens, Acts 1.6.