Zechariah 4:1-14, NLT
Zechariah 4
A Lampstand and Two Olive Trees
1Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each having seven spouts with wicks.
5“Don’t you know?” the angel asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.
6Then he said to me, “This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
8Then another message came to me from the Lord:
(The seven lamps*4:10 Or The seven facets (see 3:9); Hebrew reads These seven. represent the eyes of the Lord that search all around the world.)
11Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand,
13“Don’t you know?” he asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.
14Then he said to me, “They represent the two anointed ones*4:14 Or two heavenly beings; Hebrew reads two sons of fresh oil. who stand in the court of the Lord of all the earth.”
