(KJV) Zechariah 41

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The Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees

[1] And the angel2 that talked with me came again, and waked3 me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, [2] And said unto me, What4 seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick5 all [of] gold, with a bowl6 upon the top of it, and his seven7 lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps8, which [are] upon the top thereof: [3] And two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof.9 [4] So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What10 [are] these, my lord? [5] Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Kno11west12 thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. [6] Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not13 by might14, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. [7] Who [art] thou, O great15 mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone16 [thereof with] shoutings17, [crying], Grace18, grace unto it. [8] Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [9] The hands of Zerubbabel have19 laid the foundation of this house; his hand20s21 shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. [10] For who hath despised22 the day of small things? for they23 shall rejoice, and shall24 see the plummet25 in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those26 seven; they [are27] the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

[11] Then answered I, and said unto him, What28 [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof? [12] And I answered again, and said unto him, What [be29 these] two olive branches which through30 the two golden pipes empty31 the golden32 [oil] out of themselves? [13] And he answered me and said, Knowest33 thou not what these [be]? And I said, No, my lord. [14] Then said he, These34 [are] the two anointed ones35, that36 stand by the Lord37 of the whole earth.

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  1. Zech 4:1, By the golden candlestick is foreshewn the good success of Zerubbabel’s foundation; Zech 4:11, by the two olive trees the two anointed ones. 

  2. Zech 1:9, Zech 1:13, Zech 1:19, Zech 2:3, Zech 3:6-7 

  3. 1Kgs 19:5-7; Jer 31:26; Dan 8:18, Dan 10:8-10; Luke 9:32, Luke 22:45-46 

  4. Zech 5:2; Jer 1:11-13 

  5. Exod 25:31-38, Exod 37:17-24, Exod 40:24-25; 1Kgs 7:49-50; 1Chr 28:15; 2Chr 4:7; 2Chr 4:20-22, 2Chr 13:11; Jer 52:19; Matt 5:14-16; Rev 1:12, Rev 1:20, Rev 2:1 

  6. Heb. her bowl, 1Kgs 7:50 

  7. Exod 25:37; Rev 4:5 

  8. or, seven several pipes to the lamps, etc. Zech 4:12 

  9. Zech 4:11-12, Zech 4:14; Judg 9:9; Rom 11:17, Rom 11:24; Rev 11:4 

  10. Zech 4:12-14, Zech 1:9, Zech 1:19, Zech 5:6, Zech 6:4; Dan 7:16-19, Dan 12:8; Matt 13:36; Rev 7:13-14 

  11. Zech 4:13; Mark 4:13 

  12. Gen 41:16; Ps 139:6; Dan 2:30; 1Cor 2:12-15 

  13. Zech 9:13-15; Num 27:16; 2Chr 14:11; Isa 11:2-4, Isa 30:1, Isa 32:15, Isa 63:10-14; Ezek 37:11-14; Hos 1:7; Hag 2:2-5; 1Cor 2:4-5; 2Cor 10:4-5; 1Pet 1:12 

  14. or, army, 2Chr 32:7-8; Ps 20:6-8, Ps 33:16, Ps 33:20-21, Ps 44:3-7 

  15. Zech 14:4-5; Ps 114:4, Ps 114:6; Isa 40:3-4, Isa 41:15, Isa 64:1-3; Jer 51:25; Dan 2:34-35; Mic 1:4, Mic 4:1; Nah 1:5-6; Hab 3:6; Hag 2:6-9, Hag 2:21-23; Matt 21:21; Luke 3:5; Rev 16:20 

  16. Zech 4:9; Ps 118:22; Isa 28:16; Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; Eph 2:20; 1Pet 2:7 

  17. Ezra 3:11-13, Ezra 6:15-17; Job 38:6-7; Rev 5:9-13, Rev 19:1-6 

  18. Jer 33:11; Rom 11:6; Eph 1:6-7, Eph 2:4-8 

  19. Ezra 3:8-13, Ezra 5:16 

  20. Zech 6:12-13; Ezra 6:14-15; Matt 16:18; Heb 12:2 

  21. Zech 2:8-9, Zech 2:11, Zech 6:15; Isa 48:16; John 3:17, John 5:36-37, John 8:16-18, John 17:21 

  22. Ezra 3:12-13; Neh 4:2-4; Job 8:7; Prov 4:18; Dan 2:34-35; Hos 6:3; Hag 2:3; Matt 13:31-33; 1Cor 1:28-29 

  23. etc. or, since the seven eyes of the Lord shall rejoice, Isa 66:11, Isa 66:14; Luke 15:5-10, Luke 15:32 

  24. Amos 7:7-8 

  25. Heb. stone of tin 

  26. Zech 3:9; Rev 8:2 

  27. Zech 1:10-11; 2Chr 16:9; Prov 15:3; Rev 5:6 

  28. Zech 4:3; Rev 11:4 

  29. Matt 20:23; Rev 11:4 

  30. Hag 1:1 *marg. Heb. by the hand of 

  31. etc. or, empty out of themselves oil into gold 

  32. Heb. the gold 

  33. Zech 4:5; Heb 5:11-12 

  34. Zech 6:13; Exod 29:7, Exod 40:15; Lev 8:12; 1Sam 10:1, 1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:12-13; Ps 2:6 *marg. Ps 89:20, Ps 110:4; Isa 61:1-3; Dan 9:24-26; Hag 1:1-12; Heb 1:8-9; Heb 7:1-2; Rev 11:4 

  35. Heb. sons of oil, Isa 5:1 *marg. 

  36. Zech 3:1-7, Zech 6:5; Deut 10:8; 1Kgs 17:1; Jer 49:19; Luke 1:19 

  37. Josh 3:11, Josh 3:13; Isa 54:5; Mic 4:13