The Gold Lampstand

1And the angel that spoke in me came again: and he waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. 2And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its lamp upon the top of it: and the seven lights thereof upon it: and seven funnels for the lights that were upon the top thereof. 3And two olive trees over it: one upon the right side of the lamp, and the other upon the left side thereof. 4And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my lord? 5And the angel that spoke in me answered, and said to me: Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said: No, my lord. 6And he answered, and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying: Not with an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. 7Who art thou, O great mountain, before Zorobabel? thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace to the grace thereof.

8And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 9The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to you. 10For who hath despised little days? and they shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth.

The Two Olive Trees

11And I answered, and said to him: What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick, and upon the left side thereof? 12And I answered again, and said to him: What are the two olive branches, that are by the two golden beaks, in which are the funnels of gold? 13And he spoke to me, saying: Knowest thou not what these are? And I said: No, my lord. 14And he said: These are two sons of oil who stand before the Lord of the whole earth.