Zechariah 4

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees

Then the angel who talked with me returned and wakened^a me, as one is wakened from sleep.^b He asked me, “What do you see?”^c

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand^d with a bowl at the top and seven lamps^e on it, with seven channels to the lamps. Also there are two olive trees^f by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.^g

So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:^h ‘Notⁱ by might nor by power,^j but by my Spirit,’^k says the Lord Almighty.

“What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.^l Then he will bring out the capstone^m to shoutsⁿ of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ”

Then the word of the Lord came to me: “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation^o of this temple; his hands will also complete it.^p Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me^q to you.

“Who dares despise the day^r of small things,^s since the seven eyes^t of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”^u

Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees^v on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”

He replied, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I said.

So he said, “These are the two who are anointed^w to serve the Lord of all the earth.”