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# Zechariah 4

Zechariah 4 is chapter 4 of 14 in the Book of Zechariah. Here are all 14 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The vision of the golden candlestick and seven lamps, and of the two olive trees.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Zechariah 4 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And the angel who had been speaking with me returned, and he awakened me, like a man who is awakened from his sleep.
2. And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I looked, and behold, a candlestick entirely in gold, and its lamp was at its top, and seven oil lamps of it were upon it, and there were seven funnels for the oil lamps that were at its top.
3. And there were two olive trees upon it: one to the right of the lamp, and one to its left.”
4. And I answered and spoke to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”
5. And the angel who was speaking with me answered, and he said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
6. And he answered and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by an army, nor by might, but in my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
7. What are you, great mountain, in the sight of Zerubbabel? You are among the plains. And he will lead out the primary stone, and he will give equal grace to its grace.
8. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9. The hand of Zerubbabel has founded this house, and his hands will complete it. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
10. For who has despised the little days? And they will rejoice and will see the silver and lead stone in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, which roam quickly through all the earth.
11. And I responded and said to him, “What are these two olive trees to the right of the candlestick, and to its left?”
12. And I responded a second time and said to him, “What are the two olive branches, which are next to the two golden ridges, in which are the pouring spouts of gold?”
13. And he spoke to me, saying, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
14. And he said, “These are the two sons of oil, who attend before the Sovereign of all the earth.”

## Zechariah 4 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et reversus est angelus qui loquebatur in me, et suscitavit me quasi virum qui suscitatur de somno suo.
2. Et dixit ad me: Quid tu vides? Et dixi: Vidi, et ecce candelabrum aureum totum, et lampas ejus super caput ipsius, et septem lucernæ ejus super illud, et septem infusoria lucernis quæ erant super caput ejus.
3. Et duæ olivæ super illud: una a dextris lampadis, et una a sinistris ejus.
4. Et respondi, et aio ad angelum qui loquebatur in me, dicens: Quid sunt hæc, domine mi?
5. Et respondit angelus qui loquebatur in me, et dixit ad me: Numquid nescis quid sunt hæc? Et dixi: Non, domine mi.
6. Et respondit, et ait ad me, dicens: Hoc est verbum Domini ad Zorobabel, dicens: Non in exercitu, nec in robore, sed in spiritu meo, dicit Dominus exercituum.
7. Quis tu, mons magne, coram Zorobabel? In planum: et educet lapidem primarium, et exæquabit gratiam gratiæ ejus.
8. Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
9. Manus Zorobabel fundaverunt domum istam, et manus ejus perficient eam: et scietis quia Dominus exercituum misit me ad vos.
10. Quis enim despexit dies parvos? Et lætabuntur, et videbunt lapidem stanneum in manu Zorobabel. Septem isti oculi sunt Domini, qui discurrunt in universam terram.
11. Et respondi, et dixi ad eum: Quid sunt duæ olivæ istæ, ad dexteram candelabri, et ad sinistram ejus?
12. Et respondi secundo, et dixi ad eum: Quid sunt duæ spicæ olivarum quæ sunt juxta duo rostra aurea in quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro?
13. Et ait ad me, dicens: Numquid nescis quid sunt hæc? Et dixi: Non, domine mi.
14. Et dixit: Isti sunt duo filii olei, qui assistunt Dominatori universæ terræ.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 436: Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success, nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone.” — St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Letters, c. 1900 (On this theme: verse 6)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 2: “A candlestick” … The temple of God that was then in building; and in a more sublime sense, the church of Christ.
- Verse 6: This vision was in favour of Zorobabel: to assure him of success in the building of the temple, which he had begun, signified by the candlestick; the lamp of which, without any other industry, was supplied with oil, dropping from the two olive trees, and distributed by the seven funnels or pipes, to maintain the seven lights.
- Verse 7: “Great mountain” … So he calls the opposition made by the enemies of God's people; which nevertheless, without an army or might on their side, was quashed by divine providence.-- Ibid.
- Verse 7: Shall add grace to grace, or beauty to beauty.
- Verse 10: “Little days” … That is, these small and feeble beginnings of the temple of God.-- Ibid.
- Verse 10: Literally, the stone of tin. He means the builder's plummet, which Zorobabel shall hold in his hand for the finishing the building.-- Ibid.
- Verse 10: “The seven eyes” … The providence of God, that oversees and orders all things.
- Verse 14: “Two sons of oil” … That is, the two anointed ones of the Lord; viz., Jesus the high priest, and Zorobabel the prince.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).