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Ezekiel 46

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¹ And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side [supplying it continuously with oil]."

² So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"

³ Then the angel who was speaking with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."

⁴ Then he said to me, "This [continuous supply of oil] is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel [prince of Judah], saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of whom the oil is a symbol],' says the LORD of hosts.

⁵ What are you, O great mountain [of obstacles]? Before Zerubbabel [who will rebuild the temple] you will become a plain (insignificant)! And he will bring out the capstone [of the new temple] with loud shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"'"

⁶ Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

⁷ The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know (recognize, understand fully) that the LORD of hosts has sent me [as His messenger] to you. Who [with reason] despises the day of small things (beginnings)? For these[2] seven [eyes] shall rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the LORD which roam throughout the earth.

⁸ Then I said to him [who was speaking with me], "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on its left?"

⁹ And a second time I said to him, "What are these two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes by which the golden oil is emptied?"

¹⁰ And he answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."

¹¹ Then he said, "These are the two[3] sons of fresh oil [Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel the prince of Judah] who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth [as His anointed ones]."

¹² Again I looked up, and I saw a scroll flying in the air!

¹³ And the angel said to me, "What do you see?" And I answered, "I see a[1] flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits (thirty feet) and its width is ten cubits (fifteen feet)."

¹⁴ Then he said to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the face of the whole land; for everyone who steals will be cut off according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears [oaths falsely] shall be cut off according to the writing on the other side.

¹⁵ I will send the curse out," declares the LORD of hosts, "and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night in that house and consume it, both its timber and its stones."

¹⁶ Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and said to me, "Now look up and see what this is going forth."

¹⁷ And I said, "What is it?" And he said, "This is the[2] ephah (grain basket) going forth. This," he continued, "is their appearance throughout the land

¹⁸ (and behold, a [round, flat] lead[3] cover was lifted up); and there sat a woman inside the ephah."

¹⁹ Then he said, "This is Wickedness (Godlessness)!" And he threw her back down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead cover on its opening.

²⁰ Then I looked up, and there were two women coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

²¹ I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?"

²² And he said to me, "To the land of Shinar (Babylon) to build a temple for her; and when it is prepared,[4] she shall be set there on her own pedestal."

²³ Now again I looked up, and[1] four chariots were coming out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of [firm, immovable] bronze (divine judgment).

²⁴ The first chariot had red horses (war, bloodshed), the second chariot had black horses (famine, death),

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1	And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side [supplying it continuously with oil]."
2	So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"
3	Then the angel who was speaking with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
4	Then he said to me, "This [continuous supply of oil] is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel [prince of Judah], saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of whom the oil is a symbol],' says the LORD of hosts.
5	What are you, O great mountain [of obstacles]? Before Zerubbabel [who will rebuild the temple] you will become a plain (insignificant)! And he will bring out the capstone [of the new temple] with loud shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"'"
6	Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
7	The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know (recognize, understand fully) that the LORD of hosts has sent me [as His messenger] to you. Who [with reason] despises the day of small things (beginnings)? For these[2] seven [eyes] shall rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the LORD which roam throughout the earth.
8	Then I said to him [who was speaking with me], "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on its left?"
9	And a second time I said to him, "What are these two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes by which the golden oil is emptied?"
10	And he answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."
11	Then he said, "These are the two[3] sons of fresh oil [Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel the prince of Judah] who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth [as His anointed ones]."
12	Again I looked up, and I saw a scroll flying in the air!
13	And the angel said to me, "What do you see?" And I answered, "I see a[1] flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits (thirty feet) and its width is ten cubits (fifteen feet)."
14	Then he said to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the face of the whole land; for everyone who steals will be cut off according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears [oaths falsely] shall be cut off according to the writing on the other side.
15	I will send the curse out," declares the LORD of hosts, "and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night in that house and consume it, both its timber and its stones."
16	Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and said to me, "Now look up and see what this is going forth."
17	And I said, "What is it?" And he said, "This is the[2] ephah (grain basket) going forth. This," he continued, "is their appearance throughout the land
18	(and behold, a [round, flat] lead[3] cover was lifted up); and there sat a woman inside the ephah."
19	Then he said, "This is Wickedness (Godlessness)!" And he threw her back down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead cover on its opening.
20	Then I looked up, and there were two women coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.
21	I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?"
22	And he said to me, "To the land of Shinar (Babylon) to build a temple for her; and when it is prepared,[4] she shall be set there on her own pedestal."
23	Now again I looked up, and[1] four chariots were coming out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of [firm, immovable] bronze (divine judgment).
24	The first chariot had red horses (war, bloodshed), the second chariot had black horses (famine, death),

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