A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

¹Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord , and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.[#6:11;Ezra 3:2; #1 Chr. 21:1; Ps. 109:6; #3:1 Hebrew or]

²And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?”[#Jude 9; #1:17; Rom. 8:33; #Amos 4:11; #3:2 That is, a burning stick]

³Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.[#1; #Isa. 64:6; Jude 23]

⁴And the angel said to those who were standing before him, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.”[#Luke 1:19; #Rev. 7:14; #Isa. 6:7; #Isa. 61:10; Luke 15:22; Rev. 19:8]

⁵And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by.[#Job 29:14; 6:11]

⁶And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured Joshua,[#1]

⁷“Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, 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.[#Gen. 26:5; Mal. 3:14; Lev. 8:35; #Deut. 17:9; Mal. 2:7; #4]

⁸Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch.[#Ezek. 12:11; #Isa. 42:1; #6:12; Isa. 11:1; Jer. 23:5]

⁹For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.[#Ps. 118:22; Isa. 28:16; 4:7Ezra 3:9-11; #4:10; Rev. 5:6; #3:9 Or facets; #2 Tim. 2:19; #4]

¹⁰In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree.”[#1 Kgs. 4:25]