Zechariah 4:11-13
English Standard Version
11 Then I said to him, “What are these (A)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 (B)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, (C)“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
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- Zechariah 4:12 Hebrew lacks oil
Zechariah 4:11-13
The Message
11-12 “And the two olive trees on either side of the lampstand?” I asked. “What’s the meaning of them? And while you’re at it, the two branches of the olive trees that feed oil to the lamps—what do they mean?”
13 He said, “You haven’t figured that out?”
I said, “No, sir.”
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