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The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as one is wakened from sleep.
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And the angel who was talking to me came again, awaking me as a man out of his sleep.
2 He said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it; there are seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.
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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;
3 And by it there are two olive trees, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
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And two olive-trees by it, one on the right side of the cup and one on the left.
4 I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
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And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?
5 Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
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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.
6 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 of hosts.
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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.
7 What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring out the top stone amid shouts of "Grace, grace to it!' "
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Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.
8 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
9 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
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The hands of Zerubbabel have put the base of this house in place, and his hands will make it complete; and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.
10 For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. "These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth."
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For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.
11 Then I said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?"
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And I made answer and said to him, What are these two olive-trees on the right side of the light-support and on the left?
12 And a second time I said to him, "What are these two branches of the olive trees, which pour out the oil through the two golden pipes?"
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And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out?
13 He said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
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And he said in answer to me, Have you no knowledge what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
14 Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth."
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And he said, These are the two sons of oil, whose place is by the Lord of all the earth.
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