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Zechariah 4:11-7 Good News Bible (GNB)

11. Then I asked him, “What do the two olive trees on either side of the lampstand mean?

12. And what is the meaning of the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the olive oil pours?”

13. He asked me, “Don't you know?”“No, I don't, sir,” I answered.

14. Then he said, “These are the two men whom God has chosen and anointed to serve him, the Lord of the whole earth.”

6. The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the Lord: “You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my spirit.

7. Obstacles as great as mountains will disappear before you. You will rebuild the Temple, and as you put the last stone in place, the people will shout, ‘Beautiful, beautiful!’ ”