Zechariah 4

The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

1 Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep. ‡ Dan 8:18Jer 31:26Zec 1:9Zec 1:191Ki 19:5-7Luk 22:45-46Luk 9:32Zec 2:3 +3

2 “What do you see?” he asked. ‡ Rev 4:5Rev 1:12Mat 5:14-16Exo 25:31-38Jer 52:19Zec 5:21Ch 28:151Ki 7:49-50 +7

“I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps. 3 There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.” ‡ Rev 11:4Rom 11:17Zec 4:14Zec 4:11-12Jdg 9:9Rom 11:24

4 “What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me. ‡ Mat 13:36Zec 1:9Zec 6:4Dan 12:8Zec 1:19Zec 5:6Dan 7:16-19Rev 7:13-14 +1

5 “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. ‡ Zec 4:131Co 2:12-15Mrk 4:13Dan 2:30Gen 41:16Psa 139:6Zec 1:9

“No, my lord,” I answered.

6 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 of Hosts. ‡ 2Ch 32:7-82Co 10:4-51Co 2:4-5Psa 33:16Isa 11:2-4Psa 20:6-8Psa 33:20-21Hos 1:7 +117 What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’” ‡ Jer 51:25Zec 4:9Mic 4:1Psa 118:22Psa 114:41Pe 2:7Hag 2:21-23Isa 41:15 +27

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you. ‡ Ezr 6:14-15Zec 6:12-13Ezr 5:16Heb 12:2Zec 6:15Ezr 3:8-13Jhn 17:21Jhn 3:17 +610 For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes ¹of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line ²in the hand of Zerubbabel.” ‡ Job 8:71Co 1:28-292Ch 16:9Mat 13:31-33Hag 2:3Pro 15:3Pro 4:18Rev 5:6 +12

11 Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?” ‡ Zec 4:3Rev 11:4 12 And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil ³pours?” ‡ Mat 20:23Rev 11:4Hag 1:1

13 “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. ‡ Zec 4:5Heb 5:11-12

“No, my lord,” I replied.

14 So he said, “These are the two anointed ones ⁴who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.” ⁵ ‡ Rev 11:4Isa 61:1-3Dan 9:24-26Exo 40:15Zec 3:1-7Zec 6:131Sa 10:11Sa 16:1 +19