4These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
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Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? …
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: …
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-13)In this time of treading down, God has reserved to himself his faithful witnesses, who will not fail to attest the truth of his word and worship, and the excellency of his ways. Here observe, I. The number of these witnesses: it is but a small number and yet it is sufficient. 1. It is but small. Many will own and acknowledge Christ in times of prosperity who will desert and deny him in times of pe…
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