Zechariah 4

A Vision of a Golden Lampstand

1 And *ch. 1:9,19the angel who talked with me came again *Dan. 8:18;10:9,10and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see, and behold, *See Ex. 25:31a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and *Ex. 25:37;[Rev. 1:12;4:5]seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. 3 And there are *[ver. 11; Rev. 11:4]two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left." 4 And I said to *[See ver. 1above]the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?" 5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, *ver. 12"Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord." 6 Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to *See 1 Chr. 3:19Zerubbabel: *[Hos. 1:7]Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, *[Jer. 51:25] O great mountain? Before *[See ver. 6above] Zerubbabel *Isa. 40:4you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward *See ch. 3:9the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’"

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 *[Ezra 3:10] "The hands of *[See ver. 6above] Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also *[ch. 1:16] complete it. *See ch. 2:9Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 10 *[Hag. 2:3] For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see *[ch. 1:16] the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

*ch. 3:9"These seven *ch. 3:9are the eyes of the Lord, *2 Chr. 16:9;[Prov. 15:3]which range through the whole earth." 11 Then I said to him, "What are these *[See ver. 3above]two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?" 12 And a second time I answered and said to him, "What are these *[See ver. 3above]two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil*4:12 Hebrew lacks oil is poured out?" 13 He said to me, *ver. 5"Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord." 14 Then he said, *Rev. 11:4"These are the two anointed ones*4:14 Hebrew two sons of new oil who stand by *ch. 6:5the Lord of the whole earth."