| 4:1 | The angelic messenger* who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep. |
| 4:2 | He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied,* “I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps. |
| 4:3 | There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left.”* |
| 4:4 | Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, “What are these,* sir?” |
| 4:5 | He replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” So I responded, “No, sir.” |
| 4:6 | Therefore he told me, “These signify the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,’* says the Lord who rules over all.” |
| 4:7 | “What are you, you great mountain?* Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple* capstone with shoutings of ‘Grace! Grace!’* because of this.” |
| 4:8 | Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me as follows: |
| 4:9 | “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple,* and his hands will complete it.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. |
| 4:10 | For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes* will joyfully look on the tin tablet* in Zerubbabel’s hand. (These are the eyes of the Lord, which constantly range across the whole earth.) |
| 4:11 | Next I asked the messenger, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the menorah?” |
| 4:12 | Before he could reply I asked again, “What are these two extensions* of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?” |
| 4:13 | He replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” And I said, “No, sir.” |
| 4:14 | So he said, “These are the two anointed ones* who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.” |
Zechariah 4 - NET Bible [draft]
