The Fifth Vision: A Lampstand and Two Olive Trees
41Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me up in the same way that a man is awakened from sleep. 2He said to me, “What do you see?”
I said, “Look! Right there, I see a lampstand, made entirely of gold, with a basin on top of it, with seven lamps on it, and seven channels leading to the lamps that are on top of it.[] 3There are two olive trees beside it, one to the right of the bowl, and one to its left.” 4I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5The angel who was speaking with me answered me, “Don't you know what these are?”
I answered, “No, my lord.”
6So he said to me:
This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel. Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Armies. 7What are you, you great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, you will become a level plain. Then he will bring out the capstone with shouts of “Grace! Grace be with it!”
8Then the word of the Lord came to me:
9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will also finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.
10For who despises the day of small things? They will rejoice to see the plumb line[] in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven are the eyes of the Lord that range throughout the whole earth.
11Then I asked him, “What are these two olive trees to the right and left of the lampstand?” 12I asked him a second time, “What are the two olive branches that are beside the two gold conduits that pour out the golden oil?”
13He said to me, “Don't you know what these are?”
I said, “No, my lord.”
14Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones[] who stand by the Lord of all the earth.” The Sixth Vision: A Flying Scroll
51Again I lifted up my eyes and looked. I saw a flying scroll!
2He asked me, “What do you see?”
I said, “I see a flying scroll! It is thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.”[] 3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of the whole earth: On the basis of the curse, everyone who steals will be expelled in one direction, and everyone who swears falsely will be expelled in the other direction.[] 4I will send it out, declares the Lord of Armies, and it will go to the house of the thief and to the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in his house and consume it, both wood and stone.” The Seventh Vision: A Woman in a Basket
5Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and said to me, “Lift up your eyes, now, and see what is going out.”
6So I asked, “What is it?”
He replied, “This is the basket[] that is going out.” He also said, “This is their guilt[] in all the earth.” 7As I watched, the lead cover was lifted, and I saw that there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
8He said, “This is Wickedness.” Then he pushed her down inside the basket, and he pushed the lead weight onto its opening.
9Then I lifted my eyes and looked again. There were two women coming toward me! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork. They lifted up the basket between the earth and the heavens.
10So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
11He told me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar.[] When it is ready, it will be set there on its foundation.” 