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    Zechariah · 14 verses

    Zechariah 4

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    The angel asks Zechariah whether he knows the answer, receives “No, my lord,” and then does it all over again.

    A lampstand, a mountain, and a plumb linevv. 1–10

    The angel wakes Zechariah and shows him a solid-gold lampstand with seven lamps, seven spouts, and two olive trees standing on either side. Zechariah asks what the arrangement means; the angel answers with another question, and then explains that the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel is not about might or power, but the Spirit. A great mountain is to become a plain before him, and the hands that laid the foundation will complete the house. The grandest oddity is saved for the measuring detail: the LORD’s seven eyes scan the whole earth and rejoice at the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.

    The oil that explains itself—almostvv. 11–14

    Zechariah returns to the olive trees, then narrows the question to the branches beside the two gold pipes from which golden oil pours. Again the angel asks whether he knows; again Zechariah replies that he does not. The answer is brief and splendidly unmechanical: the two branches are the two anointed ones standing beside the Lord of all the earth.

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    1. Zech 4:1Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.

    2. Zech 4:2“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.

    3. Zech 4:3There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”

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

    5. Zech 4:5“Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.

    6. Zech 4:6So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

    7. Zech 4:7What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

    8. Zech 4:8Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    9. Zech 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.

    10. Zech 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

    11. Zech 4:11Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

    12. Zech 4:12And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

    13. Zech 4:13“Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.

    14. Zech 4:14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 62 Chronicles 32:7–8“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
    • 62 Corinthians 10:4–5The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
    • 61 Corinthians 2:4–5My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
    • 6Isaiah 11:2–4The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
    • 6Psalms 20:6–8Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
    • 6Psalms 33:20–21Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
    • 6Hosea 1:7Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
    • 6Haggai 2:2–5“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
    • 6Ezekiel 37:11–14Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
    • 10Job 8:7Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
    • 101 Corinthians 1:28–29He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
    • 6Ezra 5:2Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
    • 6Numbers 27:16“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
    • 6Zechariah 9:13–15For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
    • 10Matthew 13:31–33He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.
    • 102 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”

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