Zechariah 3:1–6:8
3 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing ⌊before⌋a the angel of Yahweh; and Satanb was standing on his right to accuse him. 2 But Yahweh said to Satan,c “Yahweh rebukes you, O Satan!d Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebukes you! Is this not a stick snatched from the fire?” 3 And Joshua was clothed in filthy garments and was standing ⌊before⌋e the angel. 4 And he answered and said to the ones standing ⌊before⌋f him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And he said to him, “See, I have taken away your guiltg from you, and will clothe you with rich garments.” 5 And I said, “Let them put a clean headbandh on his head.” And they put a clean headband on his head, and they clothed him with garments. And the angel of Yahweh was standing by.
6 And the angel of Yahweh assured Joshua, saying, 7 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my requirements, then you will judgei my house, and you will also guard my courtyards, and I will give to you passagewaysj among these that are standing here. 8 Listen, please, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companionsk that are sitting ⌊before⌋l you. For the men are a sign that,m look, I am going to bring my servant the Branch.n 9 For consider, the stone that ⌊I set before⌋o Joshua, on one stone are seven eyes.p Look, ⌊I am going to engrave an inscription on it⌋,’q ⌊declares⌋r Yahweh of hosts, ‘and I will remove the guilt of that land in a single day. 10 On that day,’ ⌊declares⌋s Yahweh of hosts, ‘you will invite ⌊one another⌋t under the vine and under the fig tree.’ ”
4 And the angel who was talking with me returned, and he wakened me as one who is wakened from his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and look, ⌊a lampstand all of gold⌋,a and a bowl was on its top, and its seven lamps on it, and seven lips on each of the lamps that are on its top. 3 And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” 4 And I answered and said to the angel who was talking to me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 And the angel who was talking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” 6 And he answered and said to me, “This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by strength and not by power, but only by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of hosts. 7 ‘Who are you O great mountain? ⌊Before⌋b Zerubbabel you will become level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amid the shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ” 8 And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have founded this house, and his hands will finish it. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. 10 For whoever has despised the day of small things will rejoice and will see the ⌊plumb line⌋c in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
These seven are the eyes of Yahweh which are ranging ⌊throughout the whole earth⌋.d 11 And I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?” 12 And I replied a second time and asked him, “What are these two twigs of olive treese ⌊beside⌋f the two golden pipes that pour forth from themselves the golden oil?” 13 And he replied to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” 14 And he said, “These are the two ⌊anointed ones⌋g standing by the Lord of the whole earth.”
5 ⌊I looked up again⌋,a and I saw, and look!—a flying scroll! 2 And he asked me, “What are you seeing?” And I said, “I am seeing a flying scroll twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”b 3 And he said to me, “This is the curse going out over the surface of the whole earth. For everyone who steals has gone unpunishedc according to it, and likewise everyone who swears falsely has gone unpunished according to it. 4 ‘I have sent it out,’ ⌊declares⌋d Yahweh of hosts, ‘and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of the one swearing ⌊falsely by my name⌋,e and it will spend the night in thatf house and will destroy it, with its timber and its stone.’ ”
5 And the angel who was speaking to me went out, and he said to me, “⌊Please look up⌋!g See what this is going out.” 6 And I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “This is a basketh going out. And he said, “This is their iniquityi throughout all the earth. 7 And look, the lead cover was lifted and a woman was sitting inside the basket.j 8 And he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her back down into the basket,k and threw the lead cover on top of it.l 9 And I ⌊looked up⌋m and saw, and look!—two women coming forward, and the wind was in their wings, and they had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basketn between the earth and the sky.o 10 And I asked the angel who was talking to me, “Where are they taking the basket?”p 11 And he said to me, “To build for it a houseq in the land of Shinar,r and when it is put in place, it will be placed there on its site.”
6 ⌊I looked up again⌋,a and I saw, and look!—four chariots coming out from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze. 2 With the first chariot there were red horses, and with the second chariot there were black horses. 3 And with the third chariot there were white horses, and with the fourth chariot there were strongb dappled horses. 4 And I answered and said to the angel that was talking to me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 And the angel answered and said to me, “These are the four windsc of the heavens going out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. 6 ⌊The one with⌋d the black horses is going out to the north country, and the white horses go after them,e while the dappled ones go to the south country.” 7 When the strong horses went out, they were anxious to go to patrol the earth. And hef said, “Go, patrol the earth.” And they patrolled the earth. 8 And he cried out to me and said to me, “See those going out to the north country have set my spirit at rest in the north country.”