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And the messenger who spoke with me returned and awakened me, as an ish is awakened from his sleep.
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And he said to me: “What do you see?” And I said: “I see, and see, a menorah all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps upon it, and seven pipes for each of the lamps that are upon its top.
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And two olive trees are beside it, one on the right side of the bowl, and one on its left.”
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And I answered and said to the messenger who spoke with me: “What are these, my master?”
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And the messenger who spoke with me answered and said: “Do you not know what these are?” And I said: “No, my master.”
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Then he answered and spoke to me, saying: “This is the Word of Yahuah to Zerubbavel, saying: ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Ruach,’ says Yahuah of Hosts.
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Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbavel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forth the headstone with shouts of: ‘Favor, favor to it!’”
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And the Word of Yahuah came to me, saying:
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“The hands of Zerubbavel laid the foundation of this House, and his hands shall complete it. And you shall know that Yahuah of Hosts has sent me to you.
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For who has despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice and see the plumb stone in the hand of Zerubbavel— these seven, the eyes of Yahuah, which roam to and fro through all the earth.”
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And I answered and said to him: “What are these two olive trees on the right of the menorah and on its left?”
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And I answered a second time and said to him: “What are the two olive branches beside the two golden conduits, which pour out the golden oil from themselves?”
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And he spoke to me, saying: “Do you not know what these are?” And I said: “No, my master.”
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And he said: “These are the two sons of fresh oil who stand beside the Master of all the earth.”