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A Vision of a Golden Lampstand

¹ And ^(a)the angel who talked with me came again ^(b)and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. ² And he said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see, and behold, ^(c)a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and ^(d)seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. ³ And there are ^(e)two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left." ⁴ And I said to ^(f)the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?" ⁵ Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, ^(g)"Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord." ⁶ Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to ^(h)Zerubbabel: ⁽ⁱ⁾Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. ⁷ Who are you, ^(j)O great mountain? Before ^(k)Zerubbabel ^(l)you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward ^(m)the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!'"

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^9 (n)"The hands of ^(o)Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also ^(p)complete it. ^(q)Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^10 (r)For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see ^(s)the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

^(t)"These seven ^(u)are the eyes of the Lord, ^(v)which range through the whole earth." ¹¹ Then I said to him, "What are these ^(w)two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?" ¹² And a second time I answered and said to him, "What are these ^(x)two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil^[a] is poured out?" ¹³ He said to me, ^(y)"Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord." ¹⁴ Then he said, ^(z)"These are the two anointed ones^[b] who stand by ^(aa)the Lord of the whole earth."