Zechariah 4:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ I then said to the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these things, my lord?” ⁵ The angel who was speaking to me replied, “Do you not know what they are?” “No, my lord,” I answered. ⁶ Then he said to me, “This is the Lord’s message to Zerubbabel: Not by force, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.