Then I asked him, "What do the two olive trees on either side of the lampstand mean?

And what is the meaning of the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the olive oil pours?"

Then he said, "These are the two men whom God has chosen and anointed to serve him, the Lord of the whole earth."

The olive tree answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and human beings.'

Some of the branches of the cultivated olive tree have been broken off, and a branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to it. You Gentiles are like that wild olive tree, and now you share the strong spiritual life of the Jews.

You Gentiles are like the branch of a wild olive tree that is broken off and then, contrary to nature, is joined to a cultivated olive tree. The Jews are like this cultivated tree; and it will be much easier for God to join these broken-off branches to their own tree again.

The two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lamps that stand before the Lord of the earth.