The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees
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Then the angel who talked with me returned and wakened me,
as a man is wakened from his sleep.
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He asked me, "What do you see?" I answered,
"I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top
and seven lights on it, with seven channels to the lights.
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Also there are two olive trees by it,
one on thje right of the bowl and the other on its left."
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I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
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He answered, "Do you not know what these are?" "No, my lord," I replied.
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So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel:
'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.
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"What are you, O mighty mountain? Zerubbabel you will become level ground.
Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of 'God bless it! God bless it!' "
Before
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Then the word of the LORD came to me:
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See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!
There are seven eyes on that one stone,
and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty,
'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.
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"'In that day each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine
and fig tree,' declares the LORD Almighty."
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Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees on the right
and the left of the lampstand?"
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Again I asked him, "What are these two olive branches
besude the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?"
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He replied, "Do you not know what these are?" "No, my lord," I said.
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So he said, "These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord
of all the earth."
