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Zechariah 4

A Lampstand and Two Olive Trees

Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.

The Gold Lampstand

And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

“What do you see now?” he asked.
I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each having seven spouts with wicks.

And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven [lamps] and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;

And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl.”

and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.

Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?”

And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

“Don’t you know?” the angel asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.

And the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

Then he said to me, “This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel’s way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!’a”

Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou dost become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it!

Then another message came to me from the LORD:

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

“Zerubbabel is the one who laid the foundation of this Temple, and he will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me.

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”
(The seven lampsb represent the eyes of the LORD that search all around the world.)

For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they shall rejoice [even] those seven -- and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel: these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro in the whole earth.

Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand,

The Two Olive Trees

And I answered and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees on the right of the lamp-stand and on its left?

and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?”

And I answered the second time and said unto him, What are the two olive-branches which are beside the two golden tubes that empty the gold out of themselves?

“Don’t you know?” he asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.

And he spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

Then he said to me, “They represent the two anointed onesc who stand in the court of the Lord of all the earth.”

And he said, These are the two sons of oil, that stand before the Lord of the whole earth.

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