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Zechariah 4

Good News Translation GNT

1 The angel who had been speaking to me came again and roused me as if I had been sleeping.

2 "What do you see?" he asked. "A lampstand made of gold," I answered. "At the top is a bowl for the oil. On the lampstand are seven lamps, each one with places for seven wicks.

3 There are two olive trees beside the lampstand, one on each side of it."

4 Then I asked the angel, "What do these things stand for, sir?"

5 "Don't you know?" he asked me. "No, I don't, sir," I replied.

6 The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the Lord: "You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my spirit.

7 Obstacles as great as mountains will disappear before you. You will rebuild the Temple, and as you put the last stone in place, the people will shout, "Beautiful, beautiful!' "

8 Another message came to me from the Lord.

9 He said, "Zerubbabel has laid the foundation of the Temple, and he will finish the building. When this happens, my people will know that it is I who sent you to them.

10 a) They are disappointed because so little progress is being made. But they will see Zerubbabel continuing to build the Temple, and they will be glad." b) The angel said to me, "The seven lamps are the seven eyes of the Lord, which see all over the earth."

11 Then I asked him, "What do the two olive trees on either side of the lampstand mean?

12 And what is the meaning of the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the olive oil pours?"

13 He asked me, "Don't you know?" "No, I don't, sir," I answered.

14 Then he said, "These are the two men whom God has chosen and anointed to serve him, the Lord of the whole earth."

World English Bible WEB

1 The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

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

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

4 I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"

5 Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."

6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says Yahweh of Hosts.

7 Who are you, great mountain? before Zerubbabel [you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of 'Grace, grace, to it!'"

8 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

9 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me to you.

10 Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Yahweh, which run back and forth through the whole earth."

11 Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"

12 I asked him the second time, "What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out of themselves?"

13 He answered me, "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."

14 Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth."