Zechariah 4:4-10

New International Version

⁴ I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵ He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.^(A)

⁶ So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:^(B) ‘Not^(C) by might nor by power,^(D) but by my Spirit,’^(E) says the Lord Almighty.

⁷ “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.^(F) Then he will bring out the capstone^(G) to shouts^(H) of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to me: ⁹ “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation^(I) of this temple; his hands will also complete it.^(J) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me^(K) to you.

¹⁰ “Who dares despise the day^(L) of small things,^(M) since the seven eyes^(N) of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone^[a] in the hand of Zerubbabel?”^(O)