The Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 4:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

What are these, my lord? The question may refer to the two olive trees, which were a novelty to the prophet, who, of course, was well acquainted with the form and use, if not the symbolism, of the candelabrum.

But it may also be taken as desiring information about the whole vision.

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