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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Zechariah 4 In this chapter are contained the vision of a golden candlestick, and of two olive trees by it, and the explanation thereof. The preparation to this vision, which is the awaking of the prophet, as of a man out of sleep, is in Zechariah 4:1. The vision of the candlestick, and olive trees, is in Zechariah 4:2. The candlestick is described by the matter of it, gold; and...
John Gill
And I answered again, and said unto him,.... Before he could have an answer to the former question, he puts the following, as being of the same import: What [be these] two olive branches; which grew upon the olive trees, and were nearest to the candlestick, and the pipes that were to the lamps: these, in Zechariah 4:14, are interpreted of the two anointed ones, or sons of oil, and may design the...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have another comfortable vision, which, as it was explained to the prophet, had much in it for the encouragement of the people of God in their present straits, which were so great that they thought their case helpless, that their temple could never be rebuilt nor their city replenished; and therefore the scope of the vision is to show that God would, by his own power, perfect...