Zechariah 4–6

A Vision of a Golden Lampstand

4And ^fthe angel who talked with me came again ^gand woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. ²And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, ^ha lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and ⁱseven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. ³And there are ^jtwo olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” ⁴And I said to ^fthe angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” ⁵Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, ^k“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” ⁶Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^lZerubbabel: ^mNot by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. ⁷Who are you, ⁿO great mountain? Before ^lZerubbabel ^oyou shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward ^pthe top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’ ”

⁸Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^9q“The hands of ^lZerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also ^rcomplete it. ^sThen you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^10tFor whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see ^uthe plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

^v“These seven ^vare the eyes of the Lord, ^wwhich range through the whole earth.” ¹¹Then I said to him, “What are these ^jtwo olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” ¹²And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these ^jtwo branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil¹ is poured out?” ¹³He said to me, ^x“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” ¹⁴Then he said, ^y“These are the two anointed ones² who stand by ^zthe Lord of the whole earth.”

A Vision of a Flying Scroll

5Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying ^ascroll! ²And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying ^ascroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”^{1 3}Then he said to me, “This is ^bthe curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who ^csteals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who ^dswears falsely² shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. ⁴I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of ^ehim who swears falsely by my name. And ^fit shall remain in his house and ^gconsume it, both timber and stones.”

A Vision of a Woman in a Basket

^5hThen the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, ⁱ“Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” ⁶And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is ^jthe basket³ that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity⁴ in all the land.” ⁷And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! ⁸And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down ^jthe leaden weight on its opening.

⁹Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! ^kThe wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. ¹⁰Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” ¹¹He said to me, “To the ^lland of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”

A Vision of Four Chariots

6Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of ^mbronze. ²The first chariot had ⁿred horses, the second ^oblack horses, ³the third ^pwhite horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.^{1 4}Then I answered and said to ^qthe angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” ⁵And the angel answered and said to me, ^r“These are going out to the four winds of heaven,² after ^spresenting themselves before ^tthe Lord of all the earth. ⁶The chariot with the black horses goes toward ^uthe north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward ^vthe south country.” ⁷When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and ^wpatrol the earth. And he said, “Go, ^wpatrol the earth.” ^wSo they patrolled the earth. ⁸Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward ^uthe north country have set my Spirit at rest in ^uthe north country.”

The Crown and the Temple

⁹And the word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁰“Take from the exiles ^xHeldai, Tobijah, and ^yJedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of ^zZephaniah. ¹¹Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, ^aand set it on the head of ^bJoshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ¹²And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is ^cthe Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and ^dhe shall build the temple of the Lord. ^13dIt is he who shall build the temple of the Lord ^eand shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there³ shall be a ^fpriest on his throne, ^gand the counsel of peace shall be between them both.” ’ ¹⁴And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as ^ha reminder to ⁱHelem,^{4 j}Tobijah, ^jJedaiah, and Hen ^jthe son of Zephaniah.

^15k“And those who are far off shall come and ^lhelp to build the temple of the Lord. ^mAnd you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ⁿAnd this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”