Chapter 4

¹ And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep.

² And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it: ³ and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left. ⁴ And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, my lord? ⁵ And the angel that talked with me answered, and spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said, No, my lord. ⁶ And he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying,

Not by mighty power, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord Almighty. ⁷ Who art thou, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that thou shouldest prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the ¹equal of my grace.

⁸ And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁹ The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee. ¹⁰ For who has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes ²that look upon all the earth.

¹¹ And I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick? ¹² And I asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees that are by the side of the two golden ³pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels? ¹³ And he said to me, Knowest thou not what these are? and I said, No, my lord. ¹⁴ And he said, These are the two ⁴anointed ones that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

Chapter 5

¹ And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked and behold a flying sickle. ² And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I see a flying sickle, of the length of twenty cubits, and of the breadth of ten cubits. ³ And he said to me,

This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side. ⁴ And I will bring it forth, saith

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the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.

⁵ And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up thine eyes, and see this that goes forth. ⁶ And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth. ⁷ And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold ⁵a woman sat in the midst of the measure. ⁸ And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it. ⁹ And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, two women coming forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had stork's wings: and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the sky. ¹⁰ And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away the measure? ¹¹ And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Babylon, and to prepare a place for it; and they shall set it there on its own ⁶base.