“Then he said to me.
‘This is the word of Yahweh
To Zerubbabel.
Not by might,
Not by power,
But by my Spirit.’
Says Yahweh of hosts.
‘O great mountain!
What are you?
Before Zerubbabel,
You shall become a plain.
He shall bring out
The top stone
Amid shouts of
‘Grace!
Grace to it!’”
The angel who had been talking to Zechariah explained that the word of Yahweh was going to come to Zerubbabel, the man appointed by King Cyrus of Persia. Zerubbabel was going to be successful, but not by his might and power, but by the Holy Spirit of Yahweh. The great mountain would become a plain before Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah. He was going to bring out the top stone of the mountain to cheers of grace to all.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 