1And the angel who was speaking to me came back and woke me up, as a man who is woken from his sleep.
2And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I looked, and what
I saw
was a lampstand, all
of gold, with its bowl above it, with its seven lamps on it, and seven pipes for the seven lamps which
were above it.
3And
there were two olive trees beside it – one to the right of the bowl and one to its left.”
4Then I inquired and spoke to the angel who was speaking to me, and I said, “What
are these, my lord?”
5And the angel who was speaking to me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these
are?” And I answered, “No, my lord.”
6And he answered and spoke to me and said, “This
is the word of the
Lord to Zerubbabel. ‘
It is not by force and not by strength, but by my spirit, says the
Lord of hosts.
7Who
are you,
you great mountain? Before Zerubbabel,
you become a plain, and he will bring out the head-stone.
There will be shoutings of «Grace, grace» to it.’ ”
8And the word of the
Lord came to me and said,
9“The hands of Zerubbabel founded this house, and his hands will complete
it, and you will know that the
Lord of hosts sent me to you.
10For who despises the day of small
matters? For they will rejoice and see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel.
These seven are the eyes of the
Lord, scrutinizing the whole world.”
11Then I inquired and said to him, “What
are these two olive trees to the right of the lampstand, and to its left?”
12And I inquired a second time and said to him, “What
are the two branches of the olive trees, which by means of two golden tubes empty the golden
bowl above them?”
13Then he spoke to me and said, “Do you not know what these
are?” And I said, “No, my
Lord.”
14And he said, “These
are the two anointed ones who stand by the
Lord of all the earth.”
Reference(s) in Chapter 4: v.3 ↔ Revelation 11:4 ● v.10 ↔ Revelation 5:6.