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Zechariah 4:12 — Meaning and Application
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" And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden "
Zechariah 4:12
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For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
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Zechariah 4:1
"And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,"
Zechariah 4:2
"And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top"
Zechariah 4:3
"And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left"
Zechariah 4:4
"So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?"
Zechariah 4:5
"Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord."
Zechariah 4:6
"Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts."
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