Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
two olive trees—supplying oil to the bowl. The Holy Ghost, who fills with His fulness Messiah (the anointed: the "bowl"), from whom flow supplies of grace to the Church.
by it—literally, "upon it," that is, growing so as somewhat to overtop it. For the explanation of the "two" see Zechariah 4:12, Zechariah 4:14.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 4:3:
Zechariah 4:1
Zechariah 6:1
Matthew 25:4
Revelation 11:3
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