Zechariah 4:2-3 NKJV,NLT

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 4:1-14

The vision of the candlestick immediately following sets forth Israel as fulfilling the divine intention. In the divinely appointed ritual of Israel's worship the candlestick stood in the holy place, creating the only symbol of Israel's true position as light-bearer amid the darkness. The two olive trees, as Zechariah described them, referred immediately and locally to Zerubbabel and Joshua, the governor and the priest under whom the Temple had been rebuilt and its worship restored, but... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 4:1-14

The Eight Night Visions And Accompanying Oracles (Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:8 ). Zechariah now goes on to describe eight night visions, which he appears to have had in one night, which are in the main accompanied by oracles. These portray the commencement of the new beginning and are as follows: · The Horsemen Scouts go through the whole earth and find it at rest - Jerusalem will be restored (Zechariah 1:7-17). · The Four Horns and the Four Smiths - the opposing nations will be pared back... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 4:1-7

Zechariah 4:1-Judges : . The Golden Lampstand.— Zechariah dreams that he is aroused by the interpreting angel who shows him a golden lampstand. This section has suffered somewhat in transmission. In Zechariah 4:2 read with LXX . . . “ behold, a lampstand all of gold, and a bowl upon the top of it, and seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the lamps,” etc. Two insertions have been made. The former ( Zechariah 4:6 b – Zechariah 4:10 a), which is a general encouragement to Zerubbabel, is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 4:2

What seest thou? what dost thou discern, of that thou didst before, half asleep half awake, see, but didst not observe? I have looked; since awakened and roused, I have very diligently viewed and observed, and I see. A candlestick: by God’s appointment there was a candlestick to be made, as an utensil and ornament of the temple, Exodus 25:31. All of gold; so was the candlestick to be for the temple, all of pure gold, Exodus 37:17. A bowl, or basin, or round and large oil cruet, capable of so... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 4:3

Two olive trees; some say branches; better trees, which, well rooted, will continue, and perpetually supply the bowls, and that will supply the lamps. One; not more, or fewer than two. Upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof; so placed that the candlestick stood between them, and each tree stood at distance from the candlestick, on the right and left hand thereof, that they might distil their oil into the bason or bowl: all which is an emblem of the church,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Zechariah 4:1-6

CRITICAL NOTES.] The golden candlestick a symbol of the pure and prosperous state of the Jewish Church. Waked] Overpowered by what he had seen and heard, the prophet needed quickening into spiritual consciousness. Zechariah 4:2. Candlestick] or chandelier. Like the seven-branched golden candlestick in the tabernacle (Exodus 25:37; Ezekiel 21:31); but this visionary candlestick is a designed enlargement. Bowl] i.e. can or round vessel for the oil. Seven lamps] united in one stem (Exodus 25:32).... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Zechariah 4:1-14

Zechariah 4:1-14 The candelabrum and olive trees. I. By the candelabrum was symbolised the Israelitish community, the nation of the old covenant, the people of theocracy. But Israel was itself a symbol and type; it was the visible manifestation of that invisible spiritual community, the Church of the living God, which embraces the faithful of all ages and places. It is represented as made of the most precious of metals, pure gold, to indicate the worth and excellence of that which God hath... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Zechariah 4:2

And I said The vision of the candlestick and olive trees (lit. trees of oil) is, as we know, from Revelation 11:3-12 a prophecy to be fulfilled in the last days of the present age. That which marks the ministry of the "two witnesses" Revelation 11:3; Revelation 11:4 is power. (Cf Zechariah 4:6). In measure this power would rest upon Zerubbabel, who, having begun the restoration temple of Zechariah's time, would finish it (v.9) laying the "headstone" amid the shoutings of the people. The whole... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Zechariah 4:1-14

Chapter 4Now the angel that talked with me came again, and he waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, and he said unto me, What do you see? And I said, I have looked, and behold there's a candlestick of gold, and there's a bowl on the top of it, and there are seven lamps, and the seven pipes are leading to the seven lamps, which are upon the top of it: And there are two olive trees by it, the one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side. So I answered and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 4:1-14

Zechariah 4:1 . The angel that talked with me came again. This was Michael the archangel, who had before appeared to the prophet, as mentioned in Zechariah 1:8-9. Zechariah 4:2 . A candlestick and seven lamps. The bowl was full of oil; the branches were tubes, as described in Exodus 37:17. These were the joyful illuminations of the sanctuary, and spiritually designated the sevenfold operations, or gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit, whose temple is full of light, glory, and grace.... read more