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 said to me, What see you? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are on 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 by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side thereof.

4 So I spoke again to the angel who was talking with me. I said, “What do these things mean, my master?”

So 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.”

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said to me, Know you not what these be? 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.

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, says the LORD 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 are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace to it.

8 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Moreover the word of the LORD came to 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; his hands shall also finish it; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to 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 has 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 these two olive trees that stand on the left and the right of the lampstand?”

Then answered I, and said to him, What are these two olive trees on the right side of the candlestick and on the left side thereof?

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

13 Then he said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my master.”

And he answered me and said, Know you not what these be? 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.”

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