The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth. He said, “Go around and through the earth!” So they walked back and forth through the earth.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Zechariah 6:7 in context
Zechariah 6:4–10
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The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the sky, which go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
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The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went out toward the south country.”
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The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth. He said, “Go around and through the earth!” So they walked back and forth through the earth.
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Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.”
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The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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“Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have come from Babylon.
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