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He asked me, “What do you see?”

I said, “I see a solid gold ·lampstand [menorah] with a bowl at the top. And there are seven lamps and also seven ·places [pipes; spouts] for wicks. There are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on the left.”

I asked the ·angel [messenger] who talked with me, “·Sir [My lord], what are these?”

·The angel [L He] said, “Don’t you know what they are?”

“No, sir,” I said.

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 [T Not by might, nor by power], but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts].

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He asked me, “What do you see?”(A)

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand(B) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps(C) on it, with seven channels to the lamps. Also there are two olive trees(D) by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.(E)

So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:(F) ‘Not(G) by might nor by power,(H) but by my Spirit,’(I) says the Lord Almighty.

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