Zechariah 4:1-9

A Vision of a Golden Lampstand

1 And f the angel who talked with me came again g 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, h a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and i seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. 3 And there are j 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, k "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 l Zerubbabel: m Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, n O great mountain? Before l Zerubbabel o you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward p the top stone amid shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'"

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 q "The hands of l Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also r complete it. s Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

  1. Cross References
    Zechariah 1:9
    Then I said, 'What are these, my lord?' The angel who talked with me said to me, 'I will show you what they are.
    Zechariah 1:19
    And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" And he said to me, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
  2. Cross References
    Daniel 8:18
    And when he had spoken to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and made me stand up.
    Daniel 10:9 - 10
    Then I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in deep sleep with my face to the ground.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 25:31
    You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 25:37
    You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.
    Revelation 1:12
    Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands.
    Revelation 4:5
    From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God.
  5. Cross References
    Zechariah 4:11
    Then I said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?
    Revelation 11:4
    These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
  6. Cross References
    Zechariah 4:1
    And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep.
  7. Cross References
    Zechariah 4:12
    And a second time I answered and said to him, "What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?
  8. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 3:19
    And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister.
  9. Cross References
    Hosea 1:7
    But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:25
    Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, declares the Lord, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain.
  11. Cross References
    Zechariah 4:6
    Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:4
    Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
  13. Cross References
    Zechariah 3:9
    For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
  14. Cross References
    Ezra 3:10
    And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the directions of David king of Israel.
  15. Cross References
    Zechariah 4:6
    Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
  16. Cross References
    Zechariah 1:16
    Therefore, thus says the Lord, I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.
  17. Cross References
    Zechariah 2:9
    Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
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