4:9. The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to you. 4:10. For who hath despised little days? and they shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth. Little days... That is, these small and feeble beginnings of the temple of God.-Ibid. The tin plummet... Literally, the stone of tin. He means the builder's plummet, which Zorobabel shall hold in his hand for the finishing the building.-Ibid. The seven eyes... The providence of God, that oversees and orders all things. 4:11. And I answered, and said to him: What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick, and upon the left side thereof? 4:12. And I answered again, and said to him: What are the two olive branches, that are by the two golden beaks, in which are the funnels of gold? 4:13. And he spoke to me, saying: Knowest thou not what these are? And I said: No, my lord. 4:14. And he said: These are two sons of oil who stand before the Lord of the whole earth. Two sons of oil... That is, the two anointed ones of the Lord; viz., Jesus the high priest, and Zorobabel the prince. Zacharias Chapter 5 The vision of the flying volume, and of the woman in the vessel. 5:1. And I turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw, and behold a volume flying. A volume... That is, a parchment, according to the form of the ancient books, which, from being rolled up, were called volumes. 5:2. And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I see a volume flying: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. 5:3. And he said to me: This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the earth: for every thief shall be judged as is there written: and every one that sweareth in like manner shall be judged by it. 5:4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts: and it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof. 5:5. And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth. 5:6. And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth. This is their eye... This is what they fix their eye upon: or this is a resemblance and figure of them, viz., of sinners. 5:7. And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel. 5:8. And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.