4 And athe angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, bas a man that is wakened out of his sleep, 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold ca candlestick all of gold, †with da bowl upon the top of it, and ehis seven lamps thereon, and ||seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 3 And ftwo olive trees by it, one upon the right side of dthe bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. 4 So I answered and spake to athe angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? 5 Then athe angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, gKnowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto hZerubbabel, saying,

iNot by ||might, nor by power, but jby my spirit,

Saith the Lord of hosts.

7  Who art thou, kO great mountain? before hZerubbabel thou shalt lbecome a plain:

And he shall bring forth mthe headstone thereof nwith shoutings, ncrying, Grace, grace unto it.

8  Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

9  The hands of hZerubbabel ohave laid the foundation of this house;

pHis hands shall also finish it;

And qthou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.

10  For who hath despised the day of rsmall things?

||For they shall rejoice, and shall see sthe †plummet in the hand of hZerubbabel with those seven;

They are uthe eyes of the Lord, vwhich run to and fro through the whole earth.

11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these ftwo olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12 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 And he answered me and said, gKnowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he, These are the two †anointed ones, wthat stand by xthe Lord of the whole earth.

10 Ask ye aof the Lord rain in the time of bthe latter rain;

So the Lord shall make ||bright clouds,

And cgive them showers of rain,

To every one grass in the field.

2  For dthe †idols have spoken vanity,

And ethe diviners have seen a lie,

And fhave told efalse dreams;

gThey comfort din vain:

Therefore they went their way as a flock,

They ||were troubled, hbecause there was no shepherd.

3  Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds,

And I †punished ithe goats:

For the Lord of hosts khath visited his flock the house of Judah,

And hath made them las his goodly horse in the battle.

4  Out of him came forth mthe corner, out of him nthe nail,

Out of him othe battle bow, out of him every poppressor together.

5  And qthey shall be as mighty men, rwhich tread down their enemies

rrIn the mire of the streets in the battle:

And they shall fight, sbecause the Lord is with them,

And ||ttthe riders on horses ushall be confounded.

6  And vI will strengthen the house of Judah,

And vwI will save the house of Joseph,

And vwI will bring them again to place them; for I yhave mercy upon them:

And they shall be as though I had not cast them off:

For I am the Lord their God, and zwill hear them.

7  And they of Ephraim shall be qlike a mighty man,

And atheir heart shall rejoice as through wine:

Yea, their children shall see it, and bbe glad;

Their heart bshall rejoice in the Lord.

8  cI will hiss for them, and dgather them; for dI have redeemed them:

And ethey shall increase fas they have increased.

9  And gI will sow them among the people:

And hthey shall remember me in far countries;

And they shall live with their children, and turn again.

10  I will bring them again also iout of the land of Egypt,

And gather them iout of Assyria;

And I will bring them into the land of jkGilead and jlLebanon;

And mplace shall not be found for them.

11  And nhe shall pass through the sea with affliction,

And shall smite the waves in the sea,

And all the deeps of othe river shall dry up:

And the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,

And pthe sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

12  And qI will strengthen them in the Lord;

And rthey shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

11 Open thy doors, aO Lebanon, that bthe fire may devour thy cedars.

2  cHowl, fir tree; bfor the cedar is fallen; because the ||mighty are spoiled:

cHowl, dO ye oaks of Bashan; for ||ethe forest of gthe vintage is come down.

3  There is a voice of chthe howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled:

A voice of the roaring of iyoung lions; for jthe pride of Jordan is spoiled.

4  Thus saith the Lord my God; kFeed the flock of lthe slaughter;

5  Whose mpossessors lslay them, and nhold themselves not guilty:

And they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for oI am rich:

And their own shepherds pity them not.

6  For pI will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord:

But, lo, I will †deliver the men

Every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king:

And they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

7  And kI will feed the flock of slaughter, ||even you, rO poor of the flock.

And I took unto me two staves; the one I called sBeauty, and the other I called ||Bands; and ktI fed the flock. 8 Three shepherds also uI cut off in one month; and my soul †lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: vthat that dieth, …

10 Ask ye aof the Lord rain in the time of bthe latter rain;

So the Lord shall make ||bright clouds,

And cgive them showers of rain,

To every one grass in the field.

2  For dthe †idols have spoken vanity,

And ethe diviners have seen a lie,

And fhave told efalse dreams;

gThey comfort din vain:

Therefore they went their way as a flock,

They ||were troubled, hbecause there was no shepherd.

3  Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds,

And I †punished ithe goats:

For the Lord of hosts khath visited his flock the house of Judah,

And hath made them las his goodly horse in the battle.

4  Out of him came forth mthe corner, out of him nthe nail,

Out of him othe battle bow, out of him every poppressor together.

5  And qthey shall be as mighty men, rwhich tread down their enemies

rrIn the mire of the streets in the battle:

And they shall fight, sbecause the Lord is with them,

And ||ttthe riders on horses ushall be confounded.

6  And vI will strengthen the house of Judah,

And vwI will save the house of Joseph,

And vwI will bring them again to place them; for I yhave mercy upon them:

And they shall be as though I had not cast them off:

For I am the Lord their God, and zwill hear them.

7  And they of Ephraim shall be qlike a mighty man,

And atheir heart shall rejoice as through wine:

Yea, their children shall see it, and bbe glad;

Their heart bshall rejoice in the Lord.

8  cI will hiss for them, and dgather them; for dI have redeemed them:

And ethey shall increase fas they have increased.

9  And gI will sow them among the people:

And hthey shall remember me in far countries;

And they shall live with their children, and turn again.

10  I will bring them again also iout of the land of Egypt,

And gather them iout of Assyria;

And I will bring them into the land of jkGilead and jlLebanon;

And mplace shall not be found for them.

11  And nhe shall pass through the sea with affliction,

And shall smite the waves in the sea,

And all the deeps of othe river shall dry up:

And the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,

And pthe sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

12  And qI will strengthen them in the Lord;

And rthey shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.