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Zechariah 4
- 1<pb/>Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.
- 2He asked me, “What do you see?” <pb/>I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps.
- 3Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
- 4<pb/>I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
- 5<pb/>He answered, “Do you not know what these are?” <pb/>“No, my lord,” I replied.
- 6<pb/>So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.
- 7<pb/>“What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ”
- 8<pb/>Then the word of the LORD came to me:
- 9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.
- 10<pb/>“Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the LORD that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone<f>[6]</f> in the hand of Zerubbabel?”
- 11<pb/>Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”
- 12<pb/>Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”
- 13<pb/>He replied, “Do you not know what these are?” <pb/>“No, my lord,” I said.
- 14<pb/>So he said, “These are the two who are anointed to<f>[7]</f> serve the Lord of all the earth.”