Zechariah 4
1 The angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as someone is awakened from sleep.
2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a lampstand made entirely of gold, with a bowl at its top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels for each of the lamps at its top.”
3 There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.
4 I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 The angel who was speaking with me replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” I answered, “No, my lord.”
6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Armies.”
7 “Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. He will bring out the top stone amid shouts of, ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
8 The word of the LORD came to me:
9 “Zerubbabel’s hands laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.”
10 “Who despises the day of small things? They will rejoice when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand. These seven are the eyes of the LORD, ranging over the whole earth.”
11 I asked him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”
12 I asked him a second time, “What are these two olive branches that pour golden oil from themselves through two golden pipes?”
13 He said to me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I answered, “No, my lord.”
14 Then he said, “These are the two sons of oil, standing before the Lord of all the earth.”
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