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.”
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