Zechariah 4:3-14 ▼

3 There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”

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

5 “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.

6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD {YHWH} to Zerubbabel (sown in Babylon): Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit {Ruach}, says the LORD of Hosts.

7 What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel (sown in Babylon) you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

8 Then the word of the LORD {YHWH} came to me, saying,

9 “The hands of Zerubbabel (sown in Babylon) have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD {YHWH} of Hosts has sent me to you⁺.

10 For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes (facets) of the LORD {YHWH}, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line (the chosen capstone) in the hand of Zerubbabel (sown in Babylon).”

11 Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

12 And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil \from which the gold/ pours?”

13 “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.

14 So he said, “These are the two anointed ones \the two sons of new oil/ who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth .”