Zechariah 3

Zechariah 3

Fourth Vision: Joshua and Satan

1Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord and the accuser standing at his right hand to accuse him.[#Ps 109.6; Hag 1.1; #3.1 Heb the satan]

2And the Lord said to the accuser, “The Lord rebuke you, O accuser! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this man a brand plucked from the fire?”[#Am 4.11; Jude 9, 23; #3.2 Heb the satan; #3.2 Heb the satan]

3Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.

4The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” And to him he said, “See, I have taken your guilt away from you, and I will clothe you with festal apparel.”[#Isa 43.25; Rev 19.8; #3.4 Heb He]

5And he said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with apparel, and the angel of the Lord was standing by.[#Ex 29.6; #3.5 Syr Vg Tg: MT I said]

6Then the angel of the Lord warned Joshua, saying

7“Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.[#1 Kings 3.14; Ezek 44.16; Zech 4.14]

8Now listen, Joshua, high priest, you and your colleagues who sit before you! For they are an omen of things to come: I am going to bring my servant the Branch.[#Isa 4.2; 53.2; Jer 33.15; Ezek 12.11]

9For on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven facets, I will engrave its inscription, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the guilt of this land in a single day.[#Isa 28.16; Mic 7.18; Zech 4.10]

10On that day, says the Lord of hosts, you shall invite each other to come under your vine and fig tree.”[#1 Kings 4.25; Isa 36.16]

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