< Zechariah 4 >
1 Then the angel who was talking with me turned and roused me like a man roused from his sleep.
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
2 He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a lampstand made entirely of gold, with a bowl on its top. It has seven lamps on it and seven lamp wicks at the top of each lamp.
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven [lamps] and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
3 Two olive trees are by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on the left side.”
and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.
4 So I spoke again to the angel who was talking with me. I said, “What do these things mean, my master?”
And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
5 The angel who was talking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these things mean?” I said, “No, my master.”
And the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
6 So he said to me, “This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of hosts.
And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
7 What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain, and he will bring out the top stone to shouts of 'Grace! Grace to it!'”
Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou dost become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it!
8 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house and his hands will bring it to completion.” Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.
The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.
10 Who has despised the day of small things? These people will rejoice and will see the plumb stone in the hand of Zerubbabel. (These seven lamps are the eyes of Yahweh that roam over the whole earth.)
For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they shall rejoice [even] those seven — and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel: these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro in the whole earth.
11 Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees that stand on the left and the right of the lampstand?”
And I answered and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees on the right of the lamp-stand and on its left?
12 Once more I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that have golden oil pouring out of them?”
And I answered the second time and said unto him, What are the two olive-branches which are beside the two golden tubes that empty the gold out of themselves?
13 Then he said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my master.”
And he spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
14 So he said, “These are the sons of fresh olive oil who stand before the Lord of all the earth.”
And he said, These are the two sons of oil, that stand before the Lord of the whole earth.