Zechariah 3

Zechariah 3

Fourth Vision: High Priest and Branch

1Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord , with Satan , standing at his right side to accuse him.[#3:1 Hg 1:1,12,14; 2:4; Zch 6:11; #3:1 Gn 16:7–13; 21:17; 22:11–16; 31:11–13; #3:1 Or the accuser; #3:1 1Ch 21:1; Jb 1:6–12; Rv 12:10]

2The Lord said to Satan, ‘The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire? ’[#3:2 Syr reads The Angel of the; #3:2 Dt 4:20; Am 4:11]

3Now Joshua was dressed with filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.[#3:3 Probably stained with human excrement; #3:3 Dt 23:13; Is 4:4; #3:3 Lv 22:3]

4So the angel of the Lord said to those standing before him, ‘Take off his filthy clothes! ’ Then he said to him, ‘See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with festive robes.’[#3:4 Lit he; #3:4 = the angels; #3:4 2Sm 24:10; Jb 7:21; Mc 7:18]

5Then I said, ‘Let them put a clean turban on his head.’ So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him in garments while the angel of the Lord was standing nearby.[#3:5 Ex 28:36–38]

6Then the angel of the Lord charged Joshua,

7‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.

8‘Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring my servant, the Branch.[#3:8 Is 4:2; 11:1; Jr 23:5; 33:15; Ezk 17:22–24; Zch 6:12]

9Notice the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it’ #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘and I will take away the iniquity of this land in a single day.[#3:9 Ps 118:22–23; Is 8:14; 28:16; Dn 2:35,45; Zch 4:10; Rv 5:6; #3:9 Zch 4:10]

10On that day, each of you will invite his neighbour to sit under his vine and fig tree.’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.[#3:10 1Kg 4:25; 2Kg 18:31; Mc 4:1–8]

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