4. I asked the angel who talked with me, “Sir, what are these?”
5. The angel said, “Don’t you know what they are?”“No, sir,” I said.
6. Then he told me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord All-Powerful.
7. “Who are you, big mountain? In front of Zerubbabel you will become flat land, and he will bring out the topmost stone, shouting, ‘It’s beautiful! It’s beautiful!’ ”
8. Then the Lord spoke his word to me again, saying,
9. “Zerubbabel has laid the foundation of this Temple, and he will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord All-Powerful has sent me to you.