Study Desk

Then the angel who had been speaking with me returned and woke me, like a person who is awakened from his sleep.

And he said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;

Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"

So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."

Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of armies.

Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the LORD of armies has sent me to you.

So he answered me, saying, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."

And he said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits."

Then he said to me, "This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the entire land; everyone who steals certainly will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.

Then the angel who had been speaking with me went out and said to me, "Now raise your eyes and see what this is that is going forth."

So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?"

Then he said to me, "To build a temple for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal."

So I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"

The angel replied to me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going out after taking their stand before the Lord of all the earth,

Then He called out to me and spoke to me, saying, "See, those who are going to the land of the north have appeased My wrath in the land of the north."

The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,

"Those who are far away will come and build the temple of the LORD." Then you will know that the LORD of armies has sent me to you. And it will take place if you completely obey the LORD your God.

Then the word of the LORD of armies came to me, saying,

"Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?