Zechariah 4:4-10

4Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, “What are these, 1my lord?” 5So 2the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “3Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” 6Then he 4said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to 5Zerubbabel saying, ‘6Not by might nor by power, but by My 7Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts. 7‘What are you, O great 8mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with 9shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

8Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9“The hands of Zerubbabel have 10laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will 11finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to 12you. 10For who has despised the day of 13small things? 14But these 15seven will be glad when they see the 1617plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel--these are the 18eyes of the Lord which 19range to and fro throughout the earth.”