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¹ And the messenger who is speaking with me turns back, and stirs me up as one who is stirred up out of his sleep,² and he says to me, "What are you seeing?" And I say, "I have looked, and behold, a lampstand of gold—all of it, and its bowl [is] on its top, and its seven lamps [are] on it, and twice seven pipes [are] to the lights that [are] on its top,³ and two olive-trees [are] by it, one on the right of the bowl and one on its left."⁴ And I answer and speak to the messenger who is speaking with me, saying, "What [are] these, my lord?"⁵ And the messenger who is speaking with me answers and says to me, "Have you not known what these [are]?" And I say, "No, my lord."⁶ And he answers and speaks to me, saying, "This [is] a word of YHWH to Zerubbabel, saying, || Not by a force, nor by power, || But—by My Spirit, said YHWH of Hosts.⁷ Who [are] you, O great mountain || Before Zerubbabel—for a plain! And he has brought forth the top-stone, || Cries of Grace, grace—[are] to it."⁸ And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,⁹ "Hands of Zerubbabel founded this house, || And his hands finish it, || And you have known that YHWH of Hosts || Has sent Me to you.¹⁰ For who trampled on the day of small things, || They have rejoiced, || And seen the tin weight in the hand of Zerubbabel, || These seven [are] the eyes of YHWH, || They are going to and fro in all the land."

¹¹ And I answer and say to him, "What [are] these two olive-trees, on the right of the lampstand, and on its left?"¹² And I answer a second time, and say to him, "What [are] the two branches of the olive trees that, by means of the two golden pipes, are emptying out of themselves the oil?"¹³ And he speaks to me, saying, "Have you not known what these [are]?" And I say, "No, my lord."¹⁴ And he says, "These [are] the two sons of the oil, who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth."