Zechariah 4

The Golden Lampstand and the Olive Trees

1Then 1the angel who had been speaking with me returned and 2woke me, like a person who is awakened from his sleep. 2And he said to me, “3What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a 4lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its 5seven lamps on it with seven 6spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; 3also 7two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.” 4Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, “What are these, 8my lord?” 5So 9the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “10Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” 6Then he said to 11me, “This is the word of the Lord to 12Zerubbabel, saying, ‘13Not by might nor by power, but by My 14Spirit,’ says the Lord of armies. 7‘What are you, you great 15mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring out the top stone with 16shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

8Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9“The hands of Zerubbabel have 17laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will 18finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of armies has sent me to 19you. 10For who has shown contempt for the day of 20small things? 21But these 22seven will rejoice when they see the 2324plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel--they are the 25eyes of the Lord 26roaming throughout the earth.”

11Then I said to him, “What are these 27two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?” 12And I responded the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive 28branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?” 13So he answered me, saying, “29Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, 30my lord.” 14Then he said, “These are the two 3132anointed ones, who are 33standing by the 34Lord of the whole earth.”