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“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. And I see two olive trees carved upon the lampstand, one on each side of the reservoir. What is it, sir?” I asked. “What does this mean?”

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

“No, sir,” I said, “I don’t.”

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.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 4:6 to Zerubbabel, Governor of Judah, who was given the responsibility for rebuilding the Temple. See Haggai 1:1; 2:23, etc.

He asked me, “What do you see?”(A)

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand(B) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps(C) on it, with seven channels to the lamps. Also there are two olive trees(D) by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.(E)

So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:(F) ‘Not(G) by might nor by power,(H) but by my Spirit,’(I) says the Lord Almighty.

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