Zechariah 4:4

4 And I answered and said to the angel [who was] talking to me, "What [are] these, my lord?"

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 And he said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see, and look, {a lampstand all of gold}, and a bowl [was] on its top, and its seven lamps on it, and seven lips on [each of] the lamps that [are] on its top.

3 And [there are] two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."

4 And I answered and said to the angel [who was] talking to me, "What [are] these, my lord?"

5 And the angel [who was] talking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these [are]?" And I said, "No, my lord."

6 And he answered and said to me, "This [is] the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by strength and not by power, but [only] by my Spirit,' says Yahweh of hosts.