Zechariah 4–6

Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

4Now ^athe angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, ^bas a man who is wakened out of his sleep. ²And he said to me, “What do you see?”

So I said, “I am looking, and there is ^ca lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, ^dand on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. ^3eTwo olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” ⁴So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?”

And I said, “No, my lord.”

⁶So he answered and said to me:

“This is the word of the Lord to ^fZerubbabel:

^g‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’

Says the Lord of hosts.

⁷‘Who are you, ^hO great mountain?

Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!

And he shall bring forth ⁱthe capstone

^jWith shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”

⁸Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

⁹“The hands of Zerubbabel

^kHave laid the foundation of this ¹temple;

His hands ^lshall also finish it.

Then ^myou will know

That the ⁿLord of hosts has sent Me to you.

¹⁰For who has despised the day of ^osmall things?

For these seven rejoice to see

The ²plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

^pThey are the eyes of the Lord,

Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”

¹¹Then I answered and said to him, “What are these ^qtwo olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” ¹²And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip ³into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”

¹³Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?”

And I said, “No, my lord.”

¹⁴So he said, ^r“These are the two ⁴anointed ones, ^swho stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.”

Vision of the Flying Scroll

5Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying ^ascroll.

²And he said to me, “What do you see?”

So I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”

³Then he said to me, “This is the ^bcurse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; and, ‘Every perjurer shall be expelled,’ according to that side of it.”

⁴“I will send out the curse,” says the Lord of hosts;

“It shall enter the house of the ^cthief

And the house of ^dthe one who swears falsely by My name.

It shall remain in the midst of his house

And consume ^eit, with its timber and stones.”

Vision of the Woman in a Basket

⁵Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, “Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth.”

⁶So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a ¹basket that is going forth.”

He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth: ⁷Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; ⁸then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead ²cover over its mouth. ⁹Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a ^fstork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

¹⁰So I said to the ^gangel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”

¹¹And he said to me, “To ^hbuild a house for it in ⁱthe land of ³Shinar; when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base.”

Vision of the Four Chariots

6Then I turned and raised my eyes and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze. ²With the first chariot were ^ared horses, with the second chariot ^bblack horses, ³with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot dappled horses—strong steeds. ⁴Then I answered ^cand said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵And the angel answered and said to me, ^d“These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their ^estation before the Lord of all the earth. ⁶¹The one with the black horses is going to ^fthe north country, the white are going after them, and the dappled are going toward the south country.” ⁷Then the strong steeds went out, eager to go, that they might ^gwalk to and fro throughout the earth. And He said, “Go, walk to and fro throughout the earth.” So they walked to and fro throughout the earth. ⁸And He called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “See, those who go toward the north country have given rest to My ^hSpirit in the north country.”

The Command to Crown Joshua

⁹Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ¹⁰“Receive the gift from the captives—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon—and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah. ¹¹Take the silver and gold, make ⁱan ²elaborate crown, and set it on the head of ^jJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ¹²Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying:

“Behold, ^kthe Man whose name is the ^lBRANCH!

From His place He shall ³branch out,

^mAnd He shall build the temple of the Lord;

¹³Yes, He shall build the temple of the Lord.

He ⁿshall bear the glory,

And shall sit and rule on His throne;

So ^oHe shall be a priest on His throne,

And the counsel of peace shall be between ⁴them both.” ’

¹⁴“Now the ⁵elaborate crown shall be ^pfor a memorial in the temple of the Lord ⁶for Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah. ¹⁵Even ^qthose from afar shall come and build the temple of the Lord. Then you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. And this shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”