Zechariah 4

1 The angel who talked with me came again and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

And the angel who was talking to me came again, awaking me as a man out of his sleep.

2 He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;

And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a light-support, made all of gold, with its cup on the top of it and seven lights on it; and there are seven pipes to every one of the lights which are on the top of it;

3 and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it.”

And two olive-trees by it, one on the right side of the cup and one on the left.

4 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?

5 Then the angel who talked with me answered me, “Do not you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”

Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is the LORD’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Armies.

This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.

7 Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”

Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.

8 Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.

The hands of Zerubbabel have put the base of this house in place, and his hands will make it complete; and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.

10 Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the LORD’s eyes, which run back and forth through the whole earth.”

For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.

11 Then I asked him, “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lamp stand and on the left side of it?”

And I made answer and said to him, What are these two olive-trees on the right side of the light-support and on the left?

12 I asked him the second time, “What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts that pour the golden oil out of themselves?”

And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out?

13 He answered me, “Do not you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”

And he said in answer to me, Have you no knowledge what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

14 Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

And he said, These are the two sons of oil, whose place is by the Lord of all the earth.