Zechariah 4

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The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

¹Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.

¹And the angel speaking with me returned, and he woke me as a man who is wakened from his sleep;

²“What do you see?” he asked.

“I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.

²and he said to me: “What are you seeing?” And I said, “I am looking, and behold, a lampstand of gold, all of it, and a bowl on its head, and seven lamps on it—seven and seven pipes for the lamps that are on its head.

³There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”

³And two olive trees are by it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.”

⁴“What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.

⁴And I answered and spoke to the angel who was speaking with me, saying: “What are these, my lord?”

⁵“Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel.

“No, my lord,” I answered.

⁵And the angel who was speaking with me answered, and he said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

⁶So 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 Hosts.

⁶And he answered and spoke to me, saying: “This is the word of YHWH to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by might, and not by power, but only by My Spirit, says YHWH of Hosts.

⁷What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

⁷Who are you, great mountain? Before the face of Zerubbabel as a plain; and he will bring forth the stone at the head with shouts: ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

⁸Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

⁸And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:

⁹“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.

⁹“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and His hands will complete it. And you will know that YHWH of Hosts has sent Me to you.

¹⁰For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes^a of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line^b in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

¹⁰For who has despised the day of small things, and they will rejoice when they see the tin plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel? These seven, they are the eyes of YHWH, roving about through all the earth.”

¹¹Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

¹¹And I answered and said to him: “What are these two olive trees at the right of the lampstand and at its left?”

¹²And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil^a pours?”

¹²And I answered a second time and said to him: “What are the two branches of the olive trees that, into the hands of the two pipes of gold, are emptying out from them the gold?”

¹³“Do you not know what these are?” he inquired.

“No, my lord,” I replied.

¹³And he answered to me and said: “Do not you know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

¹⁴So he said, “These are the two anointed ones^a who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”^b

¹⁴And he said, “These are the two sons of new oil, who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”