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 pipes to each of the lamps,' but LXX and Vulgate reading, followed in AV, is probably correct.
3. The lamps are supplied from a perennial and inexhaustible source, viz. two olive trees.
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
_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,...
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...
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...
4:2 bowl (a-23) Others 'its bowl.' pipes (b-38) Or 'seven and seven,' i.e. seven pipes to each lamp....
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...
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...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י מָ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה רֹאֶ֑ה _וָ_†אֹמַ֡
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
“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...
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,...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
WITH A BOWL: _ Heb._ with her bowl SEVEN PIPES: Or, seven several pipes to the lamps etc....
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...
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...
Zechariah 4:2 said H559 (H8799) see H7200 (H8802) said H559 (H8799) looking H7200 (H8804) lampstand...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 4:1 The fifth vision consists of a solid gold LAMPSTAND flanked by TWO OLIVE TREES (v. Zechariah 4:3
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
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...
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
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...
1 Chronicles 28:15; 1 Kings 7:49; 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 13:11;...
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,...