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Verse Zechariah 4:2. _A CANDLESTICK ALL OF GOLD_] This candlestick is
formed in some measure after that of the _sanctuary_, Exodus 25:31-2:
but in that of the sanctuary there was no _bowl_, nor _seve...
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AND I SAID, I HAVE LOOKED AND BEHOLD A CANDLESTICK ALL OF GOLD - The
candlestick is the seven-branched candlestick of the tabernacle Exodus
25:31, but with variations purposely introduced to symbolize...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The fifth night vision (Zechariah 4:1) _
2. The questions of the prophet answered (Zechariah 4:11)
Zechariah 4:1. There was a rest for the prophet between the fourth and
fifth nigh
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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...
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WHAT SEEST THOU? The fifth vision.
I SAID. Heb, text reads "he". Some codices, with four early printed
editions, are without the Hebrew margin, "I"
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
CAND...
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The Fifth Vision. _The Golden Candlestick_, Zechariah 4:1-14. Roused
by the Interpreting Angel from a sleep or stupor, into which he
appears to have fallen, Zechariah 3:1, the prophet sees a golden
ca...
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_I have looked_ Rather, I HAVE SEEN, the word being the same as in the
Angel's question, What seest thou?
_A candlestick all of gold_ The word here used for candlestick (though
not restricted to that,...
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CHAPTER XXXI
A VISION OF A MENORAH AND OLIVE TREES
ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER Zechariah 4:1-14
RX. And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a
man that is wakened out of his sleep. And...
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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, wh...
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4:2 bowl (a-23) Others 'its bowl.' pipes (b-38) Or 'seven and seven,'
i.e. seven pipes to each lamp....
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THE FIFTH VISION
The 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 gol...
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A CANDLESTICK ALL _of_ GOLD] In the first Temple ten candles gave
light (1 Kings 7:49, but see Exodus 25:31).
BOWL] holding the main supply of oil. From it a pipe flowed to each
lamp. RV reads, 'seven...
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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...
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This visionary candlestick differed in four points from the original
of the Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple — viz., in having “a
bowl,” “pipes,” and “olive trees” each side of it, and
“two golden spou...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י מָ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה
רֹאֶ֑ה _וָ_†אֹמַ֡
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THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH
Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
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“NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER”
Zechariah 4:1-14
Zerubbabel had faltered in the great work of reconstruction and had
practically lost heart. Here he is encouraged to renew his efforts and
persevere to th...
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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,...
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And said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold
a (a) lamp stand all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and
its seven lamps, and seven (b) pipes to the seven lamps, whic...
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A candlestick, &c. The temple of God that was then in building; and in
a more sublime sense, the Church of Christ. (Challoner) --- Some, with
the Jews, apply this to the synagogue: but most explain it...
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"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, wh...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his
prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes
a great deal far...
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The Prophet was also reminded to be attentive to the vision — _What
seest thou? _Then there was presented to him a sight which we have
described; but the Prophet by seeing could have seen nothing, had...
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After this Zechariah is, as it were, awakened by God to see all the
perfect order of that which He was going to establish. Here also the
present grace furnishes the occasion for the revelation of the...
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AND SAID UNTO ME, WHAT SEEST THOU?.... That is, after he was awake,
and had looked about him:
AND I SAID, I HAVE LOOKED, AND BEHOLD A CANDLESTICK ALL [OF] GOLD;
such an one as was in the tabernacle o...
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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, w...
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_And the angel came again, and waked me_ This seems to indicate, that
the prophet's attention was very deeply engaged by the foregoing
vision; that all the powers of his mind were wholly engrossed by...
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THE VISION OF THE CANDLESTICK AND OF THE TWO OLIVE-TREES.
After the prophet had been a witness of the first four visions, he was
so overwhelmed by the revelations vouchsafed him that he fell into a
tr...
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And said unto me, What seest thou? thus calling the prophet's
attention to a new vision, whereas in the other instances Zechariah
had asked for information. AND I SAID, I HAVE LOOKED, he was even then...
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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...
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WITH A BOWL:
_ Heb._ with her bowl
SEVEN PIPES:
Or, seven several pipes to the lamps etc....
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1-7 The prophet's spirit was willing to attend, but the flesh was
weak. We should beg of God that, whenever he speaks to us, he would
awaken us, and we should then stir up ourselves. The church is a...
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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 obse...
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THE FIFTH VISION. THE LIVING GOD AMONG HIS PEOPLE - THE GOLDEN
LAMPSTAND AND THE TWO OLIVE TREES (ZECHARIAH 4:1).
It will have been noted that the work of the Messiah has been
connected with the High...
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AND I SAID
The vision of the candlestick and olive trees (Literally, trees of
oil) is, as we know, from (Revelation 11:3) a prophecy to be fulfilled
in the last days of the present age. That which ma...
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Zechariah 4:1
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...
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CONTENTS: Vision of the golden candlestick and two olive trees.
Zerubbabel designated to finish the temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Zechariah, Zerubbabel, Joshua, the
angel.
CONCLUSION: God wi...
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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.
Zechariah 4:2. _A candlestick and seve...
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_Behold a candlestick all of gold _
THE CANDELABRUM AND OLIVE TREES
That by the candelabrum was symbolised the Israelitish community, the
people of the theocracy, may be regarded as generally conced...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 4:1 The fifth vision consists of a solid
gold LAMPSTAND flanked by TWO OLIVE TREES (v. Zechariah 4:3
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 4:2 The lampstand supported a BOWL,
which was a container for the oil. Arranged around the bowl were SEVEN
LAMPS, each of which had SEVEN LIPS (that is, “spouts
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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
c...
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EXPOSITION
ZECHARIAH 4:1
§ 7. _The fifth vision: the golden candlestick._
ZECHARIAH 4:1
THE ANGEL THAT TALKED WITH ME. The interpreting angel is meant. CAME
AGAIN, AND WAKED ME. It is thoug
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Now 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 candlest...
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1 Chronicles 28:15; 1 Kings 7:49; 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 13:11;...
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With a bowl — Or basin. His seven lamps — The temple candlestick
had just so many. And seven pipes — So each of the lamps had a pipe
reaching from it to the bowl. On the top — These lamps were so set,...