Zechariah 4:11-12

Zechariah 4:11-12

[11] Then answered  I, and said  unto him, What are these two  olive trees  upon the right  side of the candlestick  and upon the left  [12] And I answered  again,  and said  unto him, What be these two  olive  branches  which through  the two  golden  pipes  empty  the golden 

What does Zechariah 4:11-12 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Zechariah asked specifically for an explanation of the olive trees that he had seen ( Zechariah 4:4). He also wanted to know the meaning of the two branches of these trees that emptied olive oil into two golden pipes (spouts) that carried the golden oil into the bowl atop the lampstand. "Golden oil" is literally "gold," but clearly olive oil, which is golden in color, is in view. However, it may be the pure quality and value of the oil more than its color that the gold connotes. [1]