Old Testament · Prophets

Zechariah chapter 4

The who had been talking with me came back and woke me up, the way you wake someone out of sleep.He asked me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a , solid gold, with a bowl at the top of it, set on it, and seven pipes running to each of the lamps on top.” stand beside it, one on the right of the bowl and one on its left.I said to the messenger who was talking with me, “What are these, sir?”The messenger answered, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, sir.”Then he said to me, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel: Not by , not by force, but by , says .”“Who are you, ? In front of Zerubbabel you flatten into level ground. He will bring out the top stone while people shout, ‘’”Then Yahweh’s word came to me:“Zerubbabel’s hands laid the foundation of , and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that Yahweh who commands armies sent me to you.”“Whoever sneered at will be glad when they see the in Zerubbabel’s hand. These seven are , ranging back and forth over the whole earth.”Then I asked him, “What are these two olive trees, the one on the right of the lampstand and the one on its left?”I asked a second time, “What are these two olive branches, the ones next to the two gold pipes that pour the out of themselves?”He said, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, sir.”He said, “These are , the two who stand beside .”