CHAPTER 4
Then the angel
who was speaking
with me
returned
and woke me,
as a man
is awakened
from his sleep.
“What
do you
see?”
he asked.
“I see
a solid gold
lampstand,”
I replied,
“with
a bowl
at
the top
and seven
lamps
on it,
with seven
spouts
to each of the lamps.
There are also two
olive trees
beside it,
one
on the right
of the bowl
and the other
on
its left.”
So he said to me,
“This
is the word
of the LORD
to
Zerubbabel:
Not
by might
nor
by power,
but
by My Spirit,
says
the LORD
of Hosts.
What
are you,
O great
mountain?
Before
Zerubbabel
you will become a plain.
Then he will bring forth
the capstone
accompanied by shouts of
‘Grace,
grace
to it!’”
“The hands
of Zerubbabel
have laid the foundation
of this
house,
and his hands
will complete it.
Then you will know
that
the LORD
of Hosts
has sent
me to you.
For
who
has despised
the day
of small things?
But these
seven
eyes
of the LORD,
which
scan
the whole
earth,
will rejoice
when they see
the plumb line
in Zerubbabel’s
hand.”
And I questioned
him further,
“What
are the two
olive
branches
beside
the two
gold
pipes
from which
the golden oil
pours?”