Zechariah 4:2-6

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² “What do you see now?” he asked.

I answered, “I see a gold lampstand holding seven lamps, and at the top there is a reservoir for the olive oil that feeds the lamps, flowing into them through seven tubes. ³ And I see two olive trees carved upon the lampstand, one on each side of the reservoir. ⁴ What is it, sir?” I asked. “What does this mean?”

⁵ “Don’t you really know?” the angel asked.

“No, sir,” I said, “I don’t.”

⁶ Then he said, “This is God’s message to Zerubbabel:^[a] ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty—you will succeed because of my Spirit, though you are few and weak.’