Zechariah 4:7 (DRB)

Passage

Who art thou, O great mountain, before Zorobabel? thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace to the grace thereof.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 4:5 And the angel that spoke in me answered, and said to me: Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said: No, my lord.

Zechariah 4:6 And he answered, and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying: Not with an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

Zechariah 4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain, before Zorobabel? thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace to the grace thereof.

Zechariah 4:8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Zechariah 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "thou", "great", "mountain", "before", "zorobabel", "shalt", and "become". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And he answered and spoke to me..." into verse 8's "And the word of the Lord came...", so "grace" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.