1. Then the angel who was talking to me returned and woke me up. I was like a person waking up from sleep.
2. Then the angel asked me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a solid gold lampstand. There are seven lamps on the lampstand, and there is a bowl on top of it. There are seven tubes coming from the bowl. One tube goes to each lamp. The tubes bring the oil in the bowl to each of the lamps.
3. There are two olive trees by the bowl, one on the right side and one on the left side. These trees produce the oil for the lamps.”
4. Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Sir, what do these things mean?”
5. The angel speaking with me said, “Don’t you know what these things are?” “No sir,” I said.
6. He said, “This is the message from the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Your help will not come from your own strength and power. No, your help will come from my Spirit.’ This is what the Lord All-Powerful says.
7. That tall mountain will be like a flat place for Zerubbabel. He will build the Temple, and when the most important stone is put in place, the people will shout, ‘Beautiful! Beautiful!’”
8. The Lord’S message to me also said,