Zechariah 4
1 And the angel that talked with me
returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep.
2 And he said to me, What seest thou?
And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl
upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it:
3 and two olive-trees above it, one on
the right of the bowl, and one on the left.
4 And I inquired, and spoke to the
angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things,
my lord?
5 And the angel that talked with me
answered, and spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these things are? And
I said, No, my lord.
6 And he answered and spoke to me,
saying, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying,
Not by mighty power, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord
Almighty. 7 Who art thou, the great
mountain before Zorobabel, that thou shouldest prosper? whereas I will bring
out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the
aGr. equality, see John 1. 16.equal of my grace.
8 And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying, 9 The hands of Zorobabel have
laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou
shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.
10 For who has despised the small
days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand
of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes
bAlex. + 'of the Lord.'that look upon all the earth.
11 And I answered, and said to him,
What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the
candlestick? 12 And I asked the
second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees
that are by the side of the two golden
cGr. nostrils.pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels?
13 And he said to me, Knowest thou
not what these are? and I said, No, my lord.
14 And he said, These are the two
dGr. sons of fatness. Rev. 11. 4.anointed ones that stand by the Lord of the whole
earth.