Zec 4:6 | NET2full | STEP | Therefore he told me, “ This is the Lord ’s message to Zerubbabel : ‘ Not by strength and not by power , but by my Spirit ,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies .

‏ Zechariah 4:6

6 Therefore he told me, “This is the Lord’s message to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,’ ^{▼▼sn It is premature to understand the Spirit here as the Holy Spirit (the third Person of the Trinity), though the OT prepares the way for that NT revelation (cf. Gen 1:2; Exod 23:3; 31:3; Num 11:17-29; Judg 3:10; 6:34; 2 Kgs 2:9, 15, 16; Ezek 2:2; 3:12; 11:1, 5).} says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.