Zechariah 4:7 (YLT)

Passage

Who <FI>art<Fi> thou, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel--for a plain! And he hath brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace--<FI> are<Fi> to it.'

Nearby Context

Zechariah 4:5 And the messenger who is speaking with me answereth and saith unto me, `Hast thou not known what these <FI>are<Fi> ?' And I say, `No, my lord.'

Zechariah 4:6 And he answereth and speaketh unto me, saying: `This <FI>is<Fi> a word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by a force, nor by power, But--by My Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Zechariah 4:7 Who <FI>art<Fi> thou, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel--for a plain! And he hath brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace--<FI> are<Fi> to it.'

Zechariah 4:8 And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying,

Zechariah 4:9 Hands of Zerubbabel did found this house, And his hands do finish it, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts Hath sent me unto you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "thou", "great", "mountain", "before", "zerubbabel--for", "plain", and "hath". 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 answereth and speaketh unto me..." into verse 8's "And there is a word of Jehovah...", 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.