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Zechariah 4:1-6

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1 And the angel who was talking to me came again, awaking me as a man out of his sleep.
1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.
2 And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a light-support, made all of gold, with its cup on the top of it and seven lights on it; and there are seven pipes to every one of the lights which are on the top of it;
2 He asked me, “What do you see?” 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.
3 And two olive-trees by it, one on the right side of the cup and one on the left.
3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
4 And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?
4 I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
5 He answered, “Do you not know what these are?” “No, my lord,” I replied.
6 This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.
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 Almighty.
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