Zechariah 4:6

Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the Devar Hashem unto Zerubavel, saying: 1 Not by might, nor by ko'ach (power), 1 but by My Ruach, + 4:6 Hakodesh saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

In Context

5Then the malach that spoke with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, Lo (no), adoni.

7Who art thou, O har hagadol (great mountain), before Zerubavel? 1 Thou shalt become a plain; 1 and he shall bring forth the even haroshah (cornerstone) thereof with shoutings, crying, 1 Chen, chen (Grace, grace) unto it.

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Cross References

1 Kings 19:12And after the ra'ash an eish; but Hashem was not in the eish; and after the eish a kol demamah dakkah (a quiet, gentle voice).

2 Chronicles 32:7Chizku (be strong) and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed because of the melech Assyria, nor because of all the vast army that is with him, for there be more with us than with him.

Ezra 5:2Then rose up Zerubavel ben She'alti'el, and Yeshua ben Yotzadak, and began to build the Beis Elohim which is at Yerushalayim; and with them were the nevi'im of Elohim helping them.

Psalms 33:16There is no melech saved by the multitude of an army; 1 a gibbor is not delivered by rav ko'ach. 1

Psalms 44:3How Thou didst drive out the Goyim with Thy Yad, 1 but plantedst them; 1 how Thou didst afflict the peoples, 1 but for them Thou madest room. 1

Isaiah 30:1Hoy (woe, doom) to the banim sorerim (obstinately rebellious children), saith Hashem, 1 that take etzah, but not from Me; 1 and in their plans weave a web, but not of My Ruach, 1 that they may heap up chattat upon chattat; 1

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 4:2-11

The Vision of the Golden Candlestick; The Building of the Temple Encouraged. ( b. c. 520.) 1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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