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Now a the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, b as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
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And he said to me, "What do you see?" So I said, "I am looking, and there is c a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, d and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.
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e "Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left."
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So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
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Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
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So he answered and said to me:
"This is the word of the LORD to f Zerubbabel:
g 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,'
Says the LORD of hosts.
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'Who are you, h O great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!
And he shall bring forth i the capstone
j With shouts of "Grace, grace to it!" ' "
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
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"The hands of Zerubbabel
k Have laid the foundation of this 1 temple;
His hands l shall also finish it.
Then m you will know
That the n LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.
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For who has despised the day of o small things?
For these seven rejoice to see
The 2 plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
p They are the eyes of the LORD,
Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth."
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Then I answered and said to him, "What are these q two olive trees - at the right of the lampstand and at its left?"
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And I further answered and said to him, "What are these two olive branches that drip 3 into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?"
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Then he answered me and said, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
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So he said, r "These are the two 4 anointed ones, s who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth."