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 unto 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 his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven 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 by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon 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 spake 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 unto me, Knowest thou 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 spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith 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 [art] thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone [thereof with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace unto it.

8 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Moreover the word of the LORD 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; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD 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? 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 unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon 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 unto 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, Knowest thou 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.