The angel asked me what I saw. I answered, "A scroll flying through the air; it is thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide."

The LORD asked me, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" I answered, "A branch of an almond tree."

Then the LORD spoke to me again. "What else do you see?" he asked. I answered, "I see a pot boiling in the north, and it is about to tip over this way."

"Make a lampstand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it.

Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.

Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.

He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, formed one piece with it.

Each of the six branches had three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

There was one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.

He made seven lamps for the lampstand, and he made its tongs and trays of pure gold.

He put the lampstand in the Tent, on the south side, opposite the table,

and there in the LORD's presence he lit the lamps, just as the LORD had commanded.

the ten lampstands that stood in front of the Most Holy Place, five on the south side and five on the north; the flowers, lamps, and tongs;

the cups, lamp snuffers, bowls, dishes for incense, and the pans used for carrying live coals; and the hinges for the doors of the Most Holy Place and of the outer doors of the Temple. All these furnishings were made of gold.

for each lamp and lampstand,

They made ten gold lampstands according to the usual pattern, and ten tables, and placed them in the main room of the Temple, five lampstands and five tables on each side. They also made a hundred gold bowls.

the lampstands and the lamps of fine gold that were to burn in front of the Most Holy Place, according to plan;

the lamp snuffers, the bowls, the dishes for incense, and the pans used for carrying live coals. All these objects were made of pure gold. The outer doors of the Temple and the doors to the Most Holy Place were overlaid with gold.

Every morning and every evening they offer him incense and animal sacrifices burned whole. They present the offerings of bread on a table that is ritually clean, and every evening they light the lamps on the gold lampstand. We do what the LORD has commanded, but you have abandoned him.

They took away everything that was made of gold or silver: the small bowls, the pans used for carrying live coals, the bowls for holding the blood from the sacrifices, the ash containers, the lampstands, the bowls used for incense, and the bowls used for pouring out wine offerings.

"You are like light for the whole world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.

In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.

I turned around to see who was talking to me, and I saw seven gold lampstands,

Here is the secret meaning of the seven stars that you see in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands.

the cups, lamp snuffers, bowls, dishes for incense, and the pans used for carrying live coals; and the hinges for the doors of the Most Holy Place and of the outer doors of the Temple. All these furnishings were made of gold.

Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.

From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lighted torches were burning, which are the seven spirits of God.