เศคาริยาห์ 4:6
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
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The oracle to Zerubbabel — 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts' — addresses the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem following the return from Babylon, redefining how divine purposes are accomplished. The word-pair 'might and power' (chayil ve-koach) encompasses both collective military strength and individual human capacity — both are declared insufficient as the operating principle of God's work. The Temple's completion (Zechariah 4:9) will be celebrated as vindication of this oracle, demonstrating that the Spirit empowers what human resources cannot accomplish. The verse became one of the most quoted Old Testament texts in Pentecostal and charismatic theologies of ministry, grounding dependence on the Spirit over institutional or human resource-based models of church life.
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Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.
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