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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Zechariah 4 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/zechariah/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/zechariah/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Zechariah 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zechariah/3.htm" title="Zechariah 3">◄</a> Zechariah 4 <a href="../zechariah/5.htm" title="Zechariah 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/zechariah/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He asked me, “What do you see?”</p><p class="reg">I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”</p><p class="reg">“No, my lord,” I replied.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So he said to me, “This is the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty has sent me to you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the <span class="name">Lord</span> that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the plumb line">a</a></sup></span> in the hand of Zerubbabel?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He replied, “Do you not know what these are?”</p><p class="reg">“No, my lord,” I said.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So he said, “These are the two who are anointed to <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or two who bring oil and">b</a></sup></span> serve the Lord of all the earth.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>the plumb line</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>two who bring oil and</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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