2 He asked me, “What do you see?”I answered, “I see a solid gold lamp stand with a bowl on top and seven lamps on it. There are seven spouts for each lamp that is on top of it.
3 There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
4 I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What do these things mean, sir?”
5 Then the angel asked me, “Don’t you know what they mean?”“No, sir,” I answered.
6 Then he replied, “This is the word the Lord spoke to Zerubbabel: You won’t ⌊succeed⌋ by might or by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Armies.
7 What a high mountain you are! In front of Zerubbabel you will become a plain. He will bring out the topmost stone with shouts of ‘Blessings, blessings on it!’ ”
8 Then the Lord spoke his word to me. He said,