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Then he asked, “Don't you know?”

“No sir,” I replied.

(A) So the angel explained that it was the following message of the Lord to Zerubbabel:[a]

I am the Lord All-Powerful. So don't depend on your own power or strength, but on my Spirit. Zerubbabel, that mountain in front of you will be leveled to the ground. Then you will bring out the temple's most important stone and shout, “God has been very kind.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 4.6 Zerubbabel: Governor of Judah (see Haggai 1.1).
  2. 4.7 God … kind: Or “What a beautiful stone.”

He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.(A)

So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:(B) ‘Not(C) by might nor by power,(D) but by my Spirit,’(E) says the Lord Almighty.

“What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.(F) Then he will bring out the capstone(G) to shouts(H) of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

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