Zechariah 3

1

Then he showed me Joshua ^[1] the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan ^[2] standing at his right side to accuse him.

2

The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?"

3

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.

4

The angel said to those who were standing before him, "Take off his filthy clothes." Then he said to Joshua, "See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put rich garments on you."

5

Then I said, "Put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the LORD stood by.

6

The angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:

7

"This is what the LORD Almighty says: `If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.

8

"`Listen, O high priest Joshua and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.

9

See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes ^[3] on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, `and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.

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"`In that day each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree,' declares the LORD Almighty."

1. [1] A variant of Jeshua; here and elsewhere in Zechariah
2. [1] Satan means accuser.
3. [9] Or facets