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 came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened 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 said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick: all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which [were] upon the top of it.

3 I also see olive trees, one to the right and one to the left of the bowl.”

And two olive-trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side].

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

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

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

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said to me, Knowest thou not what these 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.

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

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 [art] thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and he shall bring forth [its] head-stone [with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace, to it.

8 Then the Lord gave me another message.

Moreover 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 Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath 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 hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those seven; they [are] the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

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

Then I answered, and said to him, What [are] these two olive-trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon its left [side]?

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 answered again, and said to him, What [are these] two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden [oil] out of themselves?

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

And he answered me and said, Knowest thou 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.

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