Zechariah 4:4-5

Zechariah 4:4-5

[4] So I answered  and spake  to the angel  that talked  with me, saying,  What are these, my lord?  [5] Then the angel  that talked  with me answered  and said  unto me, Knowest  thou not what these be? And I said,  No, my lord. 

What does Zechariah 4:4-5 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Zechariah asked the angel for an explanation of what he saw. The angel asked if he did not understand what these things represented, but Zechariah said he did not (cf. Zechariah 4:13).