Zechariah 4:1–14

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.”