Zechariah 4

New King James Version

Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

4 Now ^(A)the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, ^(B)as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. ²And he said to me, “What do you see?”

So I said, “I am looking, and there is ^(C)a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, ^(D)and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. ³^(E)Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” ⁴So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?”

And I said, “No, my lord.”

⁶So he answered and said to me:

“This is the word of the Lord to ^(F)Zerubbabel:
^(G)‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts.
⁷‘Who are you, ^(H)O great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!
And he shall bring forth ^(I)the capstone
^(J)With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”

⁸Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

⁹“The hands of Zerubbabel
^(K)Have laid the foundation of this ^[a]temple;
His hands ^(L)shall also finish it.
Then ^(M)you will know
That the ^(N)Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.
¹⁰For who has despised the day of ^(O)small things?
For these seven rejoice to see
The ^[b]plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
^(P)They are the eyes of the Lord,
Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”

¹¹Then I answered and said to him, “What are these ^(Q)two olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” ¹²And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip ^[c]into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”

¹³Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?”

And I said, “No, my lord.”

¹⁴So he said, ^(R)“These are the two ^[d]anointed ones, ^(S)who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.”