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 awaked 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 seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold, a chandelier all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps upon it, and seven pipes to the seven lamps which are upon the top of it;

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 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 spake, and said to the angel that talked with me, What mean 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 who talked with me answered and said to me, Knowest thou not what these mean? 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 to me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah to 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!'”

What art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain! And he shall bring forth the corner-stone amid shoutings, [[The people crying, ]] “Grace, grace be to it!”

8 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Moreover, the word of Jehovah 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, and his hands shall finish it. And thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath 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 hath despised the day of small things? With joy shall the plummet be seen in the hand of Zerubbabel by those seven; they are the eyes of Jehovah, 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 I spake and said to him, What mean these two olive-trees, upon the right side of the chandelier 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 spake the second time, and said to him, What mean these two olive-branches, which are by the side of the two golden tubes which 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 mean? 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 anointed ones that stand before the Lord of all the earth.