Zechariah 4:4

4 I responded to the messenger speaking with me, "What are these, sir?"

Zechariah 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 4:4

So I answered, and spake to the angel that talked with me,
&c.] The same that awoke him out of sleep, and asked him what he saw: saying, What [are] these, my lord?
that is, what do they signify? what do they represent? or what are they emblems of? for he knew what they were; that they were a candlestick, and two olive trees; but he was desirous of knowing what the meaning of them were.

Zechariah 4:4 In-Context

2 Then he said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see a lampstand made entirely of gold. It has a bowl on top. The bowl has seven lamps on top and seven metal pipes for those lamps.

3 It has two olive trees beside the lampstand, one to the right of its bowl and one to the left."

4 I responded to the messenger speaking with me, "What are these, sir?"

5 The messenger responded to me: "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, sir. I don't."

6 He answered me: "This is the LORD's word to Zerubbabel: Neither by power, nor by strength, but by my spirit, says the LORD of heavenly forces."