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John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 4:1-14

The Fifth VisionThe prophet’s thoughts now turn to the civil ruler Zerubbabel. The purpose of the fifth vision is to encourage him in the difficult task of rebuilding the Temple, 1-5, 11-14. The golden candlestick (i.e. the returned exiles) receives its supply of oil (i.e. the divine grace) through two channels (’pipes,’ Zechariah 4:12), viz. the spiritual and the temporal leaders, Joshua and Zerubbabel, through whose united efforts the prosperity of the nation would be accomplished. These are... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 4:1-14

A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15, the Prophet Haggai received the revelation contained in Haggai 2:10-23. On the four-and-twentieth day of the eleventh month, just five months after the re-building of the Temple was resumed, Zechariah sees a succession of seven visions in one night, followed by a symbolic action (Zechariah 6:9-15). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 4:6

(6) This . . . word.—The vision is called “the word,” as being a symbolical prophecy. (Comp. Zechariah 1:7.) As the golden candlestick was placed in the holy place of the Tabernacle (and the Temple) “before the LORD, as an everlasting statute for their generations on behalf of the children of Israel” (Exodus 27:21), so did the congregation on whose behalf (or as a symbol of which) was the candlestick, require a sanctuary in which to let their light shine before the Lord, and from which it might... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 4:1-14

THE FIFTH VISION: THE TEMPLE CANDLESTICK AND THE TWO OLIVE TREESZechariah 4:1-14As the Fourth Vision unfolded the dignity and significance of the High Priest, so in the Fifth we find discovered the joint glory of himself and Zerubbabel, the civil head of Israel. And to this is appended a Word for Zerubbabel himself. In our present text this Word has become inserted in the middle of the Vision, Zechariah 4:6-10 a; in the translation which follows it has been removed, to the end of the Vision,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zechariah 4:1-14

CHAPTER 4 1. The fifth night vision (Zechariah 4:1-10 ) 2. The questions of the prophet answered (Zechariah 4:11-14 ) Zechariah 4:1-10 . There was a rest for the prophet between the fourth and fifth night vision. He had fallen into a deep sleep. He may have been overcome by the grand and important visions, and is now awakened by the angel with the question, “What seest thou?” The new vision is a very striking one. A golden candlestick appears before the seer. An oil receiver is seen on... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Zechariah 4:6

4:6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD to {c} Zerubbabel, saying, Not by {d} might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.(c) Who was a figure of Christ, and therefore this doctrine was directed to all the Church who are his body and members.(d) He shows that God’s power alone is sufficient to preserve his Church, even though he does not use man’s help to do it. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 4:1-14

The Fifth Vision - The Lampstand (vv. 1-14) The next vision requires Zechariah's being awakened by the angel who spoke with him. Our natural inclination would not discern the truth of a vision like this: we are naturally insensible regarding these things and require an awakening by divine power. The essence of the vision is expressed in verse 6: "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts," and1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 2:14 reminds us, "The natural man does... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Zechariah 4:1-14

MORE OF THE PROPHET ’S OWN TIME THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (Zechariah 4:0 ) The candlestick was a copy of that in the early tabernacle, but with what difference (Zechariah 4:2 )? From what source was its oil supplied (Zechariah 4:3 )? What did this supply of oil from the trees symbolize (Zechariah 4:6 )? The candlestick itself may represent the temple which the Jews were now essaying to build, or the Jewish nation as a whole which was now sought to be re-established and become a light in... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Zechariah 4:1-14

The Complete Temple Zechariah 4:0 "And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep" ( Zec 4:1 ). Here is the mystery of repetition. Even angels cannot deliver the whole message of God at once, or if they could do so, it is not in the power of man to receive the divine revelation in one gift. Moreover, we see different aspects of the same revelation. This mystery of aspect is often overlooked in estimating the orthodoxy of men. Zechariah... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 4:2-10

"And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: (3) And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. (4) So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? (5) Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto... read more