Zechariah 4:4-6

Good News Translation

⁴ Then I asked the angel, “What do these things stand for, sir?”

⁵ “Don't you know?” he asked me.

“No, I don't, sir,” I replied.

God's Promise to Zerubbabel

⁶ The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the Lord: “You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my spirit.