Zechariah 3

A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

1 Then he showed me *ch. 6:11;See Ezra 3:2Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and *[1 Chr. 21:1;Ps. 109:6]Satan*3:1 Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, *Jude 9"The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has *ch. 1:17;[Rom. 8:33] chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this *Amos 4:11a brand*3:2 That is, a burning stick plucked from the fire?" 3 Now *[See ver. 1above] Joshua was standing before the angel, *[Isa. 64:6;Jude 23]clothed with filthy garments. 4 And the angel said to *[ver. 7; Luke 1:19] those who were standing before him, *Rev. 7:14"Remove the filthy garments from him." And to him he said, "Behold, *[ver. 9; Isa. 6:7] I have taken your iniquity away from you, and *Isa. 61:10;Luke 15:22;Rev. 19:8I will clothe you with pure vestments." 5 And I said, *Job 29:14;[ch. 6:11]"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.

6 And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured *[See ver. 1above]Joshua, 7 "Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and *Gen. 26:5;Mal. 3:14;See Lev. 8:35keep my charge, then you shall *[Deut. 17:9;Mal. 2:7] rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among *[ver. 4]those who are standing here. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for *[Ezek. 12:11] they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring *See Isa. 42:1my servant *ch. 6:12;Isa. 11:1;See Jer. 23:5the Branch. 9 For behold, on *Ps. 118:22;Isa. 28:16;[ch. 4:7]; See Ezra 3:9-11the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with *ch. 4:10;Rev. 5:6seven eyes,*3:9 Or facets I will *[2 Tim. 2:19] engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and *[ver. 4]I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. 10 In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come *See 1 Kgs. 4:25under his vine and under his fig tree."