Quotes About Faith

“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.

“What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.

“Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.

So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ëGrace, grace to it!í”

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

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

For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

“Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.

So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”

I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

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

“Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.

And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëHere is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.

The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.

Even those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.”

In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

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

Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëAdminister true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.