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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 lamp stand all
of gold, with
its bowl on
the top of
it, and its
seven lamps on
it; 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 LORD’s word
to Zerubbabel,
saying, ‘Not by
might, nor by
power, but by
my Spirit,’ says
the LORD of
Armies.
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 LORD’s word
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
the LORD of
Armies 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
LORD’s eyes, 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 lamp stand
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.”