The fifth vision
1 The angel who talked with me returned and shook me as one does to wake
another from sleep.
2 He asked, ¡°What do you see?¡± I answered, ¡°I see a lampstand all of
gold, with a bowl on top. On the stand are seven lamps and there are
seven pipes to feed them.
3 There are also two olive trees, one at the right of the bowl and
another at the left.¡±
4 I asked the angel, ¡°What are these, my Lord?¡±
5 He replied with a question, ¡°Don¡¯t you know what they are?¡± I
answered, ¡°No, my Lord.¡±
10b He explained, ¡°These seven are the eyes of Yahweh which range
throughout the earth.¡±
11 I asked the angel, ¡°What are these two olive trees to the right and
left of the lamp stand?¡±
( 12 ) 13 His reply was a question. ¡°Don¡¯t you know what these are?¡± I
answered, ¡°No, my Lord.¡±
14 He said, ¡°These are the two anointed with fresh oil, who serve the
Lord of the whole earth.¡±
6 This is a word of Yahweh for Zerub babel, ¡°Not by might nor by power,
but by my Spirit.¡±
7 ¡°What are you, O mighty mountains? You will be leveled before
Zerubbabel. He will quarry from you to the last stone which crowns the
Temple amid shouts of: blessing, blessing on it!¡±
8 The word of Yahweh then came to me,
9 ¡°The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this House; his
hands also shall finish it. (Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has
sent me to you.)
10 Perhaps the beginning seems a small thing to you, yet you will
rejoice on that day to see the crowning stone in the hands of Ze
rubbabel.¡±
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Comments Zechariah, Chapter 4
• 4.1 Fifth vision: the new Israel will be subject to civil and
religious authorities and both will be faithful to God.
Sixth vision: criminals and thieves will be expelled from the new city.
Seventh vision: evil itself will be rejected.
Eighth vision: those sent by the Lord already prepare the realization of
his plan for Salvation.