4. I asked the angel who spoke with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5. The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the heavens, which are coming forth after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
6. The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, and the white horses go toward the west, and the dappled ones go toward the land of the south.”
7. These strong horses went out, eager to set about patrolling the earth, for he said, “Go, patrol the earth!” So they patrolled the earth.
8. Then he cried out to me and said, “See, those who go forth to the land of the north provide rest for my spirit in the land of the north.”
9. Then the word of the Lord came to me:
10. Take from the exiles—Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah—and go the same day to the house of Josiah, son of Zephaniah. (These had come from Babylon.)