Zechariah 4:6-14

English Standard Version

⁶ Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^(A)Zerubbabel: ^(B)Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. ⁷ Who are you, ^(C)O great mountain? Before ^(D)Zerubbabel ^(E)you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward ^(F)the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^9 (G)“The hands of ^(H)Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also ^(I)complete it. ^(J)Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^10 (K)For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see ^(L)the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

^(M)“These seven ^(N)are the eyes of the Lord, ^(O)which range through the whole earth.” ¹¹ Then I said to him, “What are these ^(P)two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” ¹² And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these ^(Q)two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil^[a] is poured out?” ¹³ He said to me, ^(R)“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” ¹⁴ Then he said, ^(S)“These are the two anointed ones^[b] who stand by ^(T)the Lord of the whole earth.”