Zechariah 4:10

Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Yahweh, which run back and forth through the whole earth."

WEB

For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.4.10 for they…: or, since the seven eyes of the LORD shall rejoice4.10 plummet: Heb. stone of tin

KJV

What Zechariah 4:10 means

It asks who dares despise small beginnings, promising that God himself rejoices to see the rebuilding start, however unimpressive it looks.

After decades of exile in Babylon, the Jews who returned to Jerusalem began rebuilding the temple, and the new foundation looked so modest next to the memory of Solomon's that the old men wept at the sight (Ezra 3:12 records it). Zechariah's vision answers that discouragement. Verse 6 gives the governor Zerubbabel the principle: 'not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit.'

Verse 10 gives the promise. The 'seven eyes' of God range across the whole earth, and they rejoice to see Zerubbabel standing there with a plumb line, a builder's string for keeping a wall straight. Heaven's scale of significance was never size. The work that looks like nothing today is watched, and welcomed, from further up.

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