Zakariah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 650

The Books of the Prophets

ZAKARIAH. 4-2

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like a. man awakened from sleep, and W hat are you looking When I answered, I have been

looking, and saw a lamp all of gold, with a cup on its top, and seven lights on its seven uprights, with seven branches for the lights,that were on its top. Two Olive trees also stood one on the right and the other on the —-—And I continued, and asked the Messenger who was conversing Te1l me, Sir, what are these ? ’ The Messenger who conversed with

me accordingly replied, and asked, Do you not know what these are? No, Sir E ’ Say, Thus the

EVER-LIVING commands to Zeru·~ babel,—Say, Not by wealth and The LORD What are you, Great Mountain? Before Zerubabel you will be smooth, and he will bring up the great stone with cheers of ‘ Good luck I Good luck to it! mln Zzrnlrslzzl laging ily: fmmhaiimt xo 11 12 uf the Ezrmxh @2n:,r12. The command of the EvER~L1V1NG came to me again to say; ‘The hands of Zerubabel have

laid the foundation of this HOUSE, and his hands shall finish it,-—y0u HOSTS has sent_me to you. And who should despise the day of small things ? So rejoice, and see, there are on the Stone chosen by the hand of Zem- babel,-—~those Seven Eyes of the EVER-LIVING that traverse all the But { continued and asked him,

‘ What are those two Olives on the will thus know that the LORD OF And I What are the two Olive branches that are on each side of the two golden feeders that extend from the golden Standards? And he replied to me asking, Do you not know what they are? ’ N0, Sirl’

Those are the two Sons- of—oil who stand near the Master of all the Earth. withzhuesz put inte st §kip. Then 1 turned, and raised my

eyes and looked, and saw a dying What are 2 And I answered, ‘I am looking at a FIying—roll of twenty cubits long, and ten cubits That is the 3 Drvmn Powmz that will go out over the whole face of the earth, when every thief will be reformed by it, like this, and every periurer will be reformed by it, like that. I will ex-· the Loan or Hosts has and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of the perjurer from My Name, and lodge in his house, and purify its timbers and stones l' The Messenger also proceeded to

Now, raise your eyes and see what will come out from these? And I asked, When he replied, l`hat is the Ephah which will go out, this is the Then I saw him lift up a talent of lead, and that a· woman sat inside the Ephah ! and flung her into the Measure, and threw the lump of lead on its mouth! I again raised my eyes and looked,

and saw two women come up with a wind in their wings;-·and their wings were like the wings of a stork, and they carried the Measure up between the earth and the skies. So I said Will you inform me where they are carrying the When he replied, ‘To build a House in the land of Shiner, and when it is ready she will be fixed there on her own seat! IO II Wye fmzr Myariniz lzztinmt thm hiillm nf Steel. I turned again and raised my 6 eyes and looked, and saw four chariots come from between the two mountains,-—-—but the two mountains were hills of steel. In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot bay horses, and in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot dark grey horses. So I spoke, and asked the Messenger who What are these, sir? ’ When the Messenger answered

These are the four winds of the Skies that travel out from the Court of the Master of all O 50

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