Zechariah 4-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Golden Lampstand and Olive Trees

4 Then ^(A)the angel who was speaking with me returned and ^(B)roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep. ² He said to me, “^(C)What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a ^(D)lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its ^(E)seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; ³ also ^(F)two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.” ⁴ Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, “What are these, ^(G)my lord?” ⁵ So ^(H)the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “^(I)Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” ⁶ Then he ^[a]said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^(J)Zerubbabel saying, ‘^(K)Not by might nor by power, but by My ^(L)Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts. ⁷ ‘What are you, O great ^(M)mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with ^(N)shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

⁸ Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁹ “The hands of Zerubbabel have ^(O)laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will ^(P)finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to ^[b]you. ¹⁰ For who has despised the day of ^(Q)small things? ^[c]But these ^(R)seven will be glad when they see the ^[d](S)plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the ^(T)eyes of the Lord which ^(U)range to and fro throughout the earth.”

¹¹ Then I said to him, “What are these ^(V)two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?” ¹² And I answered the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive ^[e]branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?” ¹³ So he answered me, saying, “^(W)Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, ^(X)my lord.” ¹⁴ Then he said, “These are the two ^[f](Y)anointed ones who are ^(Z)standing by the ^(AA)Lord of the whole earth.”

The Flying Scroll

5 Then I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a flying ^(AB)scroll. ² And he said to me, “^(AC)What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty ^[g]cubits and its width ten cubits.” ³ Then he said to me, “This is the ^(AD)curse that is going forth over the face of the whole ^[h]land; surely everyone who ^(AE)steals will be purged away according to ^[i]the writing on one side, and everyone who ^(AF)swears will be purged away according to ^[j]the writing on the other side. ⁴ I will ^(AG)make it go forth,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and it will ^(AH)enter the house of the ^(AI)thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and ^(AJ)consume it with its timber and stones.”

⁵ Then ^(AK)the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.” ⁶ I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ^[k](AL)ephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their ^[l]appearance in all the ^[m]land ⁷ (and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.” ⁸ Then he said, “This is ^(AM)Wickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its ^[n]opening. ⁹ Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a ^(AN)stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. ¹⁰ I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?” ¹¹ Then he said to me, “To build a ^[o]temple for her in the land of ^(AO)Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.”