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Zechariah 4

The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

1And the angel that spoke with me returned, and roused me, like a man^a that is roused out of his sleep.

2And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I have seen, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl upon its top, and its seven lamps upon it, seven and seven pipes to the lamps that are upon its top; 3and two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left.

4And I answered and spoke to the angel that spoke with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5And the angel that spoke with me answered and said to me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

6And 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^b, says the LORD of hosts^c. 7Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings, Grace, grace, to it!

8And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. 10For who has despised the day of small things? And they shall rejoice and see the plummet stone in the hand of Zerubbabel, these seven; they are the eyes of the LORD that range through the whole earth.

11And I answered and said to him, What are these two olive trees, on the right of the lampstand and on its left? 12And I answered the second time and said to him, What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden pipes that empty the gold out of themselves?

13And he spoke to me, saying, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

14And he said, These are the two sons of fresh oil, that stand by the Lord of all the earth.