Zechariah 4:1

The Golden Lampstand and Olive Trees

1 Then ¹the angel who was speaking with me returned and ²roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep.

Zechariah 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 4:1

And the angel that talked with me
See ( Zechariah 1:9 Zechariah 1:13 ) : came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his
sleep;
into which he fell, after he had had the former vision; see ( Daniel 8:18 ) .

Zechariah 4:1 In-Context

1 Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep.

2 He said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;

3 also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side."

4 Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, "What are these, my lord ?"

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

Cross References

• 1. Zechariah 1:9
• 2. 1 Kings 19:5-7; Jeremiah 31:26