Zechariah 4 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Golden Lampstand

Then the angel^H4397 who was speaking^H1696 with me returned^H7725 and roused^H5782 me, as a man^H376 who^H834 is roused^H5782 from his sleep^H8142.

Zec 4:2

Zec 4:2And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it,

Zec 4:3

Zec 4:3also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.”

Zec 4:4

Zec 4:4Then I answered and said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, “What are these, my lord?”

Zec 4:5

Zec 4:5So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

Zec 4:6

Zec 4:6Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by [fn]might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says Yahweh of hosts.

Zec 4:7

Zec 4:7‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

Zec 4:8

Also the word^H1697 of Yahweh^H3068 came^H1961 to me, saying^H559,

Zec 4:9

Zec 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to [fn]you.

Zec 4:10

Zec 4:10“For who has despised the day of small things? [fn]But these seven will be glad when they see the [fn]plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of Yahweh which roam to and fro throughout the earth.”

Zec 4:11

Then I answered^H6030 and said^H559 to him, “What^H4100 are these^H428 two^H8147 olive^H2132 trees^H2132 on the right^H3225 of the lampstand^H4501 and on its left^H8040?”

Zec 4:12

Zec 4:12And I answered the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive [fn]branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?”

Zec 4:13