1 AND the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
8 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.
10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

1And the Angell that talked with me, came againe and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleepe:

2And said vnto mee, What seest thou? and I said, I haue looked, and behold a candlesticke all of gold, with a bowle vpon the top of it, and his seuen lampes thereon, and seuen pipes to the seuen lampes, which were vpon the top thereof.

3And two Oliue trees by it, one vpon the right side of the bowle, and the other vpon the left side thereof.

4So I answered and spake to the Angell that talked with mee, saying: What are these, my Lord?

5Then the Angel that talked with me, answered and said vnto me; Knowest thou not what these be? and I said; No, my Lord.

6Then hee answered and spake vnto mee, saying; This is the word of the Lord vnto Zerubbabel, saying; Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hostes.

7Who art thou, O great mountaine? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plaine, and he shall bring forth the head stone thereof with shoutings, crying; Grace, grace vnto it.

8Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;

9The hands of Zerubbabel haue layed the foundation of this house: his hands shall also finish it, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hostes hath sent me vnto you.

10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall reioyce and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seuen: they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

11 Then answered I, and said vnto him; What are these two oliue trees vpon the right side of the candlesticke, and vpon the left side thereof?

12And I answered againe and said vnto him, What be these two oliue branches, which through the two golden pipes emptie the golden oyle out of themselues?

13And hee answered mee and said; Knowest thou not what these be? and I said, No, my Lord.

14Then said he; These are the two annointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

I == Dan 8:18 ; Zech 2:3

II == Ex 25:31 , 37 ; Rev 1:12 ; 4:5

 

 

 

III == Zech 4:11-12 ; Rev 11:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

VI == Hos 1:7

 

 

VII == Ezra 3:11 , 13 ; Ps 118:22 ; Jer 51:25 ; Matt 21:21

 

 

 

IX == Ezra 3:10 ; 6:15 ; Isa 48:16 ; Zech 2:8-9 , 11 ; 6:15

 

X == 2nd Chr 16:9 ; Prov 15:3 ; Hag 2:3 ; Hag 2:3 ; Zech 3:9

 

XI == Zech 4:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIV == Josh 3:11 , 13 ; Zech 3:7 ; 6:5 ; Luke 1:19 ; Rev 11:4

 

1 Then the angel who spoke with me returned and awakened me, like a man awakened from his sleep.

2 "What do you see?" he asked me. "I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl at the top," I replied; "on it are seven lamps with their tubes,

3 and beside it are two olive trees, one on the right and the other on the left."

4 Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, "What are these things, my lord?"

5 And the angel who spoke with me replied, "Do you not know what these things are?" "No, my lord," I answered.

6 Then he said to me, "This is the LORD'S message to Zerubbabel: Not by an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.

7 What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are but a plain. He shall bring out the capstone amid exclamations of 'Hail, Hail' to it."

8 This word of the LORD then came to me:

9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands shall finish it; then you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

10 For even they who were scornful on that day of small beginnings shall rejoice to see the select stone in the hands of Zerubbabel. These seven facets are the eyes of the LORD that range over the whole earth.

11 I then asked him, "What are these two olive trees at each side of the lampstand?"

12 And again I asked, "What are the two olive tufts which freely pour out fresh oil through the two golden channels?"

13 "Do you not know what these are?" he said to me. "No, my lord," I answered him.

14 He said, "These are the two anointed who stand by the LORD of the whole earth."

v 1-4. [5] Vision of the golden lamp stand and the two olive trees:
The interpreting angel returned and awakened Zechariah from sleep and called his attention to solid gold lamp stand with seven lamps similar to that in the temple. The gold refers to the deity of Christ and the seven lamps were for the seven fold Spirit of Isa. 11:2. This however had a bowl on top which had collection pipes to two olive trees and distribution pipes for oil to automatically fuel the seven lamps. Zechariah did not understand and asked the meaning of the two olive trees.

 

v 5-10. The angel evaded the question and related the vision to Zerubbabel the governor. He would build the temple by the power of the Spirit to remove obstacles. Zerubbabel had laid the foundation on the old foundation and would supervise all the construction and set the capstone at the finish, so all would know that the leaders had been sent by the Lord to do this job. For those who wept over the insignificance of this temple compared to Solomon’s, the Lord tells them not to despise small things, and again refers to the seven fold Spirit. (We should not shun small spiritual responsibility).

 

v 11-14. Zechariah asks twice more what the two olive trees mean. After building up his suspense, the angel finally replied that they were the two anointed ones which stood before the Lord. The trees would seem to be Israel, but the two branches are Joshua and Zerubbabel representing Christ as king - priest, with Israel being a light to the nations. A later fulfillment of them is the two witnesses of the Tribulation, Rev. 11:4.