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A black horse (hippos melas). Lust of conquest brings bloodshed, but also famine and hunger. “The colour of mourning and famine. See Jer 4:28; Jer 8:21; Mal 3:14, where mournfully is, literally, in black” (Vincent).
Had (echōn) as in Rev 6:2.
A balance (zugon). Literally, a yoke (old word from zeugnumi, to join), of slavery (Act 15:10; Gal 5:1), of teaching (Mat 11:29), of weight or measure like a pair of scales evenly balancing as here (Eze 5:1; Eze 45:10). The rider of this black horse, like the spectral figure of hunger, carries in his hand a pair of scales. This is also one of the fruits of war.