⁸ “‘Listen, High Priest^(A) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic^(B) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.^{(C) 9} See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!^(D) There are seven eyes^[a](E) on that one stone,^(F) and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin^(G) of this land in a single day.

¹⁰ “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit^(H) under your vine and fig tree,^(I)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees

4 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke^(J) me up, like someone awakened from sleep.^{(K) 2} He asked me, “What do you see?”^(L)

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand^(M) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps^(N) on it, with seven channels to the lamps. ³ Also there are two olive trees^(O) by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

⁴ I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵ He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.^(P)

⁶ So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:^(Q) ‘Not^(R) by might nor by power,^(S) but by my Spirit,’^(T) says the Lord Almighty.

⁷ “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.^(U) Then he will bring out the capstone^(V) to shouts^(W) of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to me: ⁹ “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation^(X) of this temple; his hands will also complete it.^(Y) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me^(Z) to you.

¹⁰ “Who dares despise the day^(AA) of small things,^(AB) since the seven eyes^(AC) of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone^[b] in the hand of Zerubbabel?”^(AD)

¹¹ Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees^(AE) on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

¹² Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”

¹³ He replied, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I said.

¹⁴ So he said, “These are the two who are anointed^(AF) to^[c] serve the Lord of all the earth.”

¹² I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,^{(A) 13} and among the lampstands^(B) was someone like a son of man,^[a](C) dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet^(D) and with a golden sash around his chest.^{(E) 14} The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.^{(F) 15} His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,^(G) and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.^{(H) 16} In his right hand he held seven stars,^(I) and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.^(J) His face was like the sun^(K) shining in all its brilliance.

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet^(L) as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me^(M) and said: “Do not be afraid.^(N) I am the First and the Last.^{(O) 18} I am the Living One; I was dead,^(P) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!^(Q) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.^(R)

¹⁹ “Write, therefore, what you have seen,^(S) what is now and what will take place later. ²⁰ The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand^(T) and of the seven golden lampstands^(U) is this: The seven stars are the angels^[b] of the seven churches,^(V) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.^(W)

³ And I will appoint my two witnesses,^(A) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,^(B) clothed in sackcloth.”^{(C) 4} They are “the two olive trees”^(D) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”^{[a](E) 5} If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.^(F) This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.^{(G) 6} They have power to shut up the heavens^(H) so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;^(I) and they have power to turn the waters into blood^(J) and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

⁷ Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast^(K) that comes up from the Abyss^(L) will attack them,^(M) and overpower and kill them. ⁸ Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city^(N)—which is figuratively called Sodom^(O) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.^{(P) 9} For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation^(Q) will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.^{(R) 10} The inhabitants of the earth^(S) will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,^(T) because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

¹¹ But after the three and a half days^(U) the breath^[b] of life from God entered them,^(V) and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. ¹² Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”^(W) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,^(X) while their enemies looked on.