The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

¹The angel who talked with me came back and woke me as a man is wakened from sleep. ²He said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl above it. The lamps on it are seven in number, and the lamps above it have seven pipes; ³and by it are two olive trees, one on the right of the bowl and one on its left.” ⁴I, in turn, asked the angel who talked with me, “What do those things mean, my lord?” ⁵“Do you not know what those things mean?” asked the angel who talked with me; and I said, “No, my lord.” ⁶Then he explained to me as follows:^a

“This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:^b Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit^c—said the Lord of Hosts. ⁷Whoever you are, O great mountain in the path of Zerubbabel, turn into level ground! For he shall produce that excellent stone; it shall be greeted with shouts of ‘Beautiful! Beautiful!’”

⁸And the word of the Lord came to me: ⁹“Zerubbabel’s hands have founded this House and Zerubbabel’s hands shall complete it. Then you shall know that it was the Lord of Hosts who sent me to you. [ . . . ]

“Those seven are the eyes of the Lord, ranging over the whole earth.”

¹¹“And what,” I asked him, “are those two olive trees, one on the right and one on the left of the lampstand?” ¹²And I further asked him, “What are the two tops of the olive trees that feed their gold through those two golden tubes?” ^{d 13}He asked me, “Don’t you know what they are?” And I replied, “No, my lord.” ¹⁴Then he explained, “They are the two ^e-anointed dignitaries^-ewho attend the Lord of all the earth.”