Zechariah 4 - 6 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Golden Lampstand

4Then ^athe angel who was speaking with me returned and ^broused me, as a man who is roused from his sleep. ²And he said to me, “^aWhat do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a ^blampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its ^cseven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it, ³also ^atwo olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.” ⁴Then I answered and said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, “What are these, ^amy lord?” ⁵So ^athe angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “^bDo you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” ⁶Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is the word of Yahweh to ^aZerubbabel, saying, ‘^bNot by ¹might nor by power, but by My ^cSpirit,’ says Yahweh of hosts. ⁷‘What are you, O great ^amountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with ^bshouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

⁸Also the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ⁹“The hands of Zerubbabel have ^alaid the foundation of this house, and his hands will ^bfinish it. Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to ¹you. ¹⁰“For who has despised the day of ^asmall things? ¹But these ^bseven will be glad when they see the ²^,^cplumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the ^deyes of Yahweh which ^eroam to and fro throughout the earth.”

¹¹Then I answered and said to him, “What are these ^atwo olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?” ¹²And I answered the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive ¹branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?” ¹³So he spoke to me, saying, “^aDo you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, ^bmy lord.” ¹⁴Then he said, “These are the two ¹^,^aanointed ones who are ^bstanding by the ^cLord of all the earth.”

A Flying Scroll

5Then I lifted up my eyes again and saw, and behold, a flying ^ascroll. ²And he said to me, “^aWhat do you see?” And I said, “I see a flying scroll; its length is ¹twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.” ³Then he said to me, “This is the ^acurse that is going forth over the face of the whole ¹land; surely everyone who ^bsteals will be ²purged away according to ³the writing on one side, and everyone who ^cswears will be ⁴purged away according to the writing on the other side. ⁴“I will ^amake it go forth,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “and it will ^benter the house of the ^cthief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and ^dconsume it with its timber and stones.”

A Woman in an Ephah

⁵Then ^athe angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.” ⁶So I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ¹^,^aephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their ²appearance in all the ³land ⁷(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.” ⁸Then he said, “This is ^aWickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its ¹opening. ⁹Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a ^astork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. ¹⁰And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?” ¹¹Then he said to me, “To build a ¹house for her in the land of ^aShinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.”

Four Chariots

6Then I lifted up my eyes again and saw, and behold, ^afour chariots were coming forth from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains. ²With the first chariot were ^ared horses, with the second chariot ^bblack horses, ³with the third chariot ^awhite horses, and with the fourth chariot ^bdappled horses—all of them mighty. ⁴Then I answered and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “^aWhat are these, my lord?” ⁵And the angel answered and said to me, “These are the ^afour spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth, ⁶with one of which the black horses are going forth to the ^anorth country; and the white ones go forth after them, and the dappled ones go forth to the ^bsouth country. ⁷“Now the mighty ones went out, and they sought to go to ¹^,^apatrol the earth.” And He said, “Go, ²patrol the earth.” So they ³patrolled the earth. ⁸Then He cried out to me and spoke to me saying, “See, those who are going to the land of the north have ^acaused My Spirit to have rest in the land of the north.”

The Crown and the Temple

⁹And the ^aword of Yahweh came to me, saying, ¹⁰“^aTake an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah; and you come the same day and come into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have come from Babylon. ¹¹“And take silver and gold, make an ornate ^acrown, and set it on the head of ^bJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ¹²“Then you will say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is ¹^,^aBranch, and He will ²^,^bbranch out from where He is; and He will ^cbuild the temple of Yahweh. ¹³“Indeed, it is He who will build the temple of Yahweh, and He who will ^abear the splendor and sit and ^brule on His throne. Thus, He will be a ^cpriest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two ¹offices.”’ ¹⁴“Now the ^acrown will become a memorial in the temple of Yahweh to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and ¹Hen the son of Zephaniah. ¹⁵“^aAnd those who are far off will come and ¹build the temple of Yahweh.” Then you will ^bknow that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. And it will happen if you utterly ^clisten to the voice of Yahweh your God.