Zechariah 4

1 The angel who talked with me came again and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

Then the angel I had been talking to returned and got my attention, like waking someone from sleep.

2 He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;

“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.

3 and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it.”

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

4 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

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

5 Then the angel who talked with me answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”

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

6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is the LORD’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Armies.

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.

7 Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”

Even obstacles as big as mountains will be flattened before Zerubbabel. Finally he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘Blessings on it!’”

8 Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

Then the Lord gave me another message.

9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.

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.

10 Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the LORD’s eyes, which run back and forth through the whole earth.”

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.”

11 Then I asked him, “What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lamp stand and on the left side of it?”

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

12 I asked him the second time, “What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts that pour the golden oil out of themselves?”

And I also asked him, “What are the two olive branches from which the golden oil pours out from through golden pipes?”

13 He answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”

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

14 Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

“These are the two who have been anointed who stand by the Lord of all the earth,” he replied.