A Vision of a Golden Lampstand
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And 1the angel who talked with me came again 2and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep.
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And he said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see, and behold, 3a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and 4seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.
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And there are 5two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
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And I said to 6the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
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Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, 7"Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
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Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to 8Zerubbabel: 9Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
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Who are you, 10O great mountain? Before 11Zerubbabel 12you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward 13the top stone amid shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'"
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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14"The hands of 15Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also 16complete it. 17Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
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18For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see 19the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. 20"These seven 21are the eyes of the LORD, 22which range through the whole earth."
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Then I said to him, "What are these 23two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?"
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And a second time I answered and said to him, "What are these 24two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oila is poured out?"
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He said to me, 25"Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
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