Zechariah 3

Fourth Vision: High Priest and Branch

1 Then he showed me the high priest Joshua  * 3:1 Hg 1:1,12,14; 2:4; Zch 6:11 standing before the angel of the Lord,  * 3:1 Gn 16:7–13; 21:17; 22:11–16; 31:11–13 with Satan  * 3:1 Or the accuser,* 3:1 1Ch 21:1; Jb 1:6–12; Rv 12:10 standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The Lord* 3:2 Syr reads The Angel of the 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 Dt 4:20; Am 4:11

3 Now Joshua was dressed with filthy  * 3:3 Probably stained with human excrement clothes  * 3:3 Dt 23:13; Is 4:4 as he stood before the angel.  * 3:3 Lv 22:34 So the angel of the Lord* 3:4 Lit he spoke to those  * 3:4 = the angels standing before him, "Take off his filthy clothes! " Then he said to him, "See, I have removed your iniquity from you,  * 3:4 2Sm 24:10; Jb 7:21; Mc 7:18 and I will clothe you with festive robes."

5 Then I said, "Let them put a clean turban  * 3:5 Ex 28:36–38 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.

6 Then 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 6:129 Notice the stone  * 3:9 Ps 118:22–23; Is 8:14; 28:16; Dn 2:35,45; Zch 4:10; Rv 5:6 I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes.  * 3:9 Zch 4:10 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. 10 On that day, each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree."  * 3:10 1Kg 4:25; 2Kg 18:31; Mc 4:1–8 This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.