Fifth night vision

¹The messenger speaking with me returned and woke me like one who awakens someone who is asleep.

²Then he said to me, “What do you see?”

I said, “I see a lampstand

made entirely of gold.

³It has two olive trees beside the lampstand,

⁴I responded to the messenger speaking with me,

“What are these, sir?”

⁵The messenger responded to me:

“Don’t you know what these are?”

I said, “No, sir. I don’t.”

⁶He answered me:

“This is the LORD ’s word to Zerubbabel:

⁸The LORD ’s word came to me:

⁹The hands of Zerubbabel laid the foundation of this house,

¹¹I responded to him,

“What are these two olive trees on the right and left sides of the lampstand?”

¹²Then I responded a second time,

“What are these two olive branches that empty out golden oil through the two gold pipes?”

¹³He said to me, “Don’t you know what these are?”

¹⁴He said,

“These are the two anointed ones standing beside the LORD of all the earth.”