Zechariah 4

1 Then the angel I had been talking to returned and got my attention, like waking someone from sleep.

And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep.

2 “What do you see?” he asked me. “I see a lampstand made of solid gold with a bowl at its top having seven lamps on it, each with seven lips.

And he said to me, What see you? 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 I also see olive trees, one to the right and one to the left of the bowl.”

and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left.

4 Then I asked the angel I was talking to, “What are these, my lord?”

And I enquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, [my] lord?

5 “Don't you know what these are?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.

And the angel that talked with me answered, and spoke to me, saying, Know you not what these things are? And I said, No, [my] lord.

6 Then he told me, “This is the Lord's message to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty.

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, says the Lord Almighty.

7 Even obstacles as big as mountains will be flattened before Zerubbabel. Finally he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘Blessings on it!’”

Who are you, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that you should prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the equal of [my ] grace.

8 Then the Lord gave me another message.

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

9 Zerubbabel with his own hands laid the foundations for this Temple, and it will be completed the same way. Then you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me.

The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.

10 For who dares look down on this time of small beginnings? They will be happy when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand. “The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord which see all over the world.”

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 that look upon all the earth.

11 Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees that stand to the right and the left of the lampstand?”

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 also asked him, “What are the two olive branches from which the golden oil pours out from through golden pipes?”

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 pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels?

13 “Don't you know?” the angel replied. “No, my lord,” I responded.

And he said to me, Know you not what these are? and I said, No, [my] lord.

14 “These are the two who have been anointed who stand by the Lord of all the earth,” he replied.

And he said, These are the two anointed ones [that] stand by the Lord of the whole earth.