Zec 4:7 | NETfull | STEP | “What are you, you great mountain? Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple capstone with shoutings of ‘Grace! Grace!’ because of this.”

Zechariah 4:7

Oracle of Response

7 “What are you, you great mountain? ^{▼▼ In context, the great mountain here must be viewed as a metaphor for the enormous task of rebuilding the temple and establishing the messianic kingdom (cf. TEV “Obstacles as great as mountains”).} Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple ^{▼▼ The word “temple” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent (cf. NLT “final stone of the Temple”).} capstone with shoutings of ‘Grace! Grace!’ ^{▼▼ Grace is a fitting response to the idea that it was “not by strength and not by power” but by God’s gracious Spirit that the work could be done (cf. v. 6).} because of this.”