6. So the angel explained that it was the following message of the Lord to Zerubbabel:I am the Lord All-Powerful. So don't depend on your own power or strength, but on my Spirit.
7. Zerubbabel, that mountain in front of you will be levelled to the ground. Then you will bring out the temple's most important stone and shout, “God has been very kind.”
8. The Lord spoke to me again and said:
9. Zerubbabel laid the foundation for the temple, and he will complete it. Then everyone will know that you were sent by me, the Lord All-Powerful.
10. Those who have made fun of this day of small beginnings will celebrate when they see Zerubbabel holding this important stone.Those seven lamps represent my eyes—the eyes of the Lord—and they see everything on this earth.
11. Then I asked the angel, “What about the olive trees on each side of the lampstand? What do they represent?
12. And what is the meaning of the two branches from which golden olive oil flows through the two gold pipes?”
13. “Don't you know?” he asked.“No sir, I don't,” was my answer.
14. Then he told me, “These branches are the two chosen leaders who stand beside the Lord of all the earth.”