ZachaYahu (Zachariah) — 4
A Lampstand and Two Olive Trees
1 Then the Malak who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
2 “What do you see now?” he asked.
I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each having seven spouts with wicks.
3 And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl.”
4 Then I asked the Malak, “What are these, my master? What do they mean?”
5 “Do you not know?” the Malak asked.
“No, my master,” I replied.
6 Then he said to me, “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar to Zarubbabal: “it is Not by your power nor by your might, but by My RUACH,’ Says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut.
7 Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zarubbabal’s way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zarubbabal sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH barak it! May 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH barak it!’”
8 Then another message came to me from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH:
9 “Zarubbabal is the one who laid the foundation of this Temple, and he will complete it. Then you will know that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut has sent me.
10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zarubbabal’s hand.” The seven lamps represent the eyes of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH that search all around the world.
11 Then I asked the Malak, “What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand,
12 and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?”
13 “Do you not know?” he asked. “No, my master, I replied.
14 Then he said to me, “They represent the two anointed ones who stand in the court of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut.”