Zechariah 6:5

And the angel answered and said unto me,.... In order to grant him his request, and explain the vision of the chariots:

these are the four spirits of the heavens; or, "the four winds of the…

These are the four spirits of the heavens - They cannot be literal winds: for spirits, not winds, stand before God, as His servants, as in Job, “the sons of God came to present themselves before the…

The four spirits of the heavens - Ministers of God's wrath against the sinful nations of the world.

The prophet is forward to receive this vision, and, as if he expected it, he turned and lifted up his eyes and looked. Though this was the seventh vision he had had, yet he did not think he had had…

spirits Rather, winds. Comp. Rev 7:1.

from standing before as servants to receive His commands. Psa 104:4.