OLD TESTAMENT

Zechariah 6:5

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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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Verse 5. Winds. These angels go throughout the world to punish. Daniel 10:13. We commonly suppose the tutelar angels to be for the defence of their kingdoms. Calmet.—But they may often promote our real welfare by chastisements. Bible.—The four monarchies fight like the winds, and soon disappear. Menochius.

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