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Zechariah 4
New International Version

### The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees

4 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke(A) me up, like someone awakened from sleep.(B) 2 He asked me, “What do you see?”(C)

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand(D) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps(E) on it, with seven channels to the lamps. 3 Also there are two olive trees(F) by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

4 I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

5 He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.(G)

6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:(H) ‘Not(I) by might nor by power,(J) but by my Spirit,’(K) says the Lord Almighty.

7 “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.(L) Then he will bring out the capstone(M) to shouts(N) of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation(O) of this temple; his hands will also complete it.(P) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me(Q) to you.

10 “Who dares despise the day(R) of small things,(S) since the seven eyes(T) of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone[a] in the hand of Zerubbabel?”(U)

11 Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees(V) on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

12 Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”

13 He replied, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I said.

14 So he said, “These are the two who are anointed(W) to[b] serve the Lord of all the earth.”

#### Footnotes

1. Zechariah 4:10 Or the plumb line
2. Zechariah 4:14 Or two who bring oil and

#### Cross references

1. Zechariah 4:1 : S Da 8:18
2. Zechariah 4:1 : Jer 31:26
3. Zechariah 4:2 : S Jer 1:13
4. Zechariah 4:2 : S Ex 25:31; Rev 1:12
5. Zechariah 4:2 : Rev 4:5
6. Zechariah 4:3 : ver 11; S Ps 1:3; S Rev 11:4
7. Zechariah 4:5 : S Zec 1:9
8. Zechariah 4:6 : S 1Ch 3:19; S Ezr 5:2
9. Zechariah 4:6 : S 1Sa 13:22; S 1Ki 19:12
10. Zechariah 4:6 : S 1Sa 2:9
11. Zechariah 4:6 : S Ne 9:20; Isa 11:2-4; S Da 2:34; Hos 1:7
12. Zechariah 4:7 : S Ps 26:12; Jer 51:25
13. Zechariah 4:7 : S Ps 118:22
14. Zechariah 4:7 : S 1Ch 15:28
15. Zechariah 4:9 : S Ezr 3:11
16. Zechariah 4:9 : Ezr 3:8; S 6:15; Zec 6:12
17. Zechariah 4:9 : S Zec 2:9
18. Zechariah 4:10 : S Hag 2:23
19. Zechariah 4:10 : Hag 2:3
20. Zechariah 4:10 : S 2Ch 16:9; Rev 5:6
21. Zechariah 4:10 : S Ezr 5:1; S Ne 12:1; S Job 38:5
22. Zechariah 4:11 : S ver 3; S Rev 11:4
23. Zechariah 4:14 : Ex 29:7; 40:15; S Ps 45:7; S Isa 20:3; S Da 9:24-26

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