Zechariah 4
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Zechariah 4:2-11

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

8Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9“The hands of Zerubbabel have 15laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will 16finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of armies has sent me to 17you. 10For who has shown contempt for the day of 18small things? 19But these 20seven will rejoice when they see the 2122plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel--they are the 23eyes of the Lord 24roaming throughout the earth.”

11Then I said to him, “What are these 25two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”

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  1. 1. Zechariah 4:2 Jer 1:13; Zech 5:2 ↩
  2. 2. Zechariah 4:2 Ex 25:31, 37; Jer 52:19 ↩
  3. 3. Zechariah 4:2 Rev 4:5 ↩
  4. 4. Zechariah 4:2 Or reeds ↩
  5. 5. Zechariah 4:3 Zech 4:11; Rev 11:4 ↩
  6. 6. Zechariah 4:4 Zech 1:9; 4:5, 13; 6:4 ↩
  7. 7. Zechariah 4:5 Zech 1:9; 4:1 ↩
  8. 8. Zechariah 4:5 Zech 4:13 ↩
  9. 9. Zechariah 4:6 Lit me, saying ↩
  10. 10. Zechariah 4:6 Ezra 5:2; Hag 2:4, 5 ↩
  11. 11. Zechariah 4:6 Is 11:2-4; 30:1; Hos 1:7 ↩
  12. 12. Zechariah 4:6 2 Chr 32:7, 8; Eph 6:17 ↩
  13. 13. Zechariah 4:7 Ps 114:4, 6; Is 40:4; Jer 51:25; Nah 1:5; Zech 14:4, 5 ↩
  14. 14. Zechariah 4:7 Ezra 3:10, 11; Ps 84:11 ↩
  15. 15. Zechariah 4:9 Ezra 3:8-10; 5:16; Hag 2:18 ↩
  16. 16. Zechariah 4:9 Ezra 6:14, 15; Zech 6:12, 13 ↩
  17. 17. Zechariah 4:9 Lit you (plural) ↩
  18. 18. Zechariah 4:10 Neh 4:2-4; Amos 7:2, 5; Hag 2:3 ↩
  19. 19. Zechariah 4:10 Or But they will rejoice when they see...Zerubbabel. These seven are the eyes of the Lord ↩
  20. 20. Zechariah 4:10 Zech 3:9; Rev 8:2 ↩
  21. 21. Zechariah 4:10 Lit plummet stone ↩
  22. 22. Zechariah 4:10 Amos 7:7, 8 ↩
  23. 23. Zechariah 4:10 2 Chr 16:9; Prov 15:3; Jer 16:17 ↩
  24. 24. Zechariah 4:10 Zech 1:10; Rev 5:6 ↩
  25. 25. Zechariah 4:11 Zech 4:3; Rev 11:4 ↩

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