Zechariah 4:2

²And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.

Zechariah 4 presents the prophet's fifth vision: a golden lampstand flanked by two olive trees, with a word for Zerubbabel about rebuilding the temple. The vision addresses a discouraged post-exilic community, assuring them that God's work advances "not by might, nor by power, but b