Zechariah 4:4-6

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴ I said to the angel who talked with me, ‘What are these, my lord?’ ⁵ Then the angel who talked with me answered me, ‘Do you not know what these are?’ I said, ‘No, my lord.’ ⁶ He said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.