Zec 4:6 | HCSB | STEP | So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel : ‘Not by strength or by might , but by My Spirit ,’ says the Lord of Hosts .

Zechariah 4:6

6 So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’ ^a says the Lord of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts.