| 1 | Then [the guiding angel] showed me Joshua the high priest standing before
[a]the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at Joshua’s right hand to be his adversary
and
to accuse him. |
| 2 | And the Lord said to Satan, The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! Even the Lord, Who [now and habitually] chooses Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this [returned captive Joshua] a brand plucked out of the fire? |
| 3 | Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and was standing before the Angel [of the Lord]. |
| 4 | And He spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And He said to [Joshua], Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel. |
| 5 | And I [Zechariah] said, Let them put a clean turban on his head. So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with [rich] garments. And the Angel of the Lord stood by. |
| 6 | And the Angel of the Lord [solemnly and earnestly] protested
and
affirmed to Joshua, saying, |
| 7 | Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in My ways and keep My charge, then also you shall rule My house and have charge of My courts, and I will give you access [to My presence]
and
places to walk among these who stand here. |
| 8 | Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your colleagues who [usually] sit before you—for they are men who are a sign
or
omen [types of what is to come]—for behold, I will bring forth My servant the
[b]Branch. |
| 9 | For behold, upon the stone which I have set before Joshua, upon that one stone are seven eyes
or
facets [the all-embracing providence of God and the sevenfold radiations of the Spirit of God]. Behold, I will carve upon it its inscription, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity
and
guilt of this land in a single day. |
| 10 | In that day, says the Lord of hosts, you shall invite each man his neighbor under his own vine and his own fig tree. |
Cross references:
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Zechariah 3:2 : Jude 9.
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Zechariah 3:8 : Isa. 4:2; Jer. 23:5; 33:15; Zech. 6:12.
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Zechariah 3:9 : II Chron. 16:9; Jer. 50:20; Zech. 4:10.
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Zechariah 3:10 : Mic. 4:1-4.
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