Zechariah 3

Chapter 3

Joshua, the High Priest

¹Then he showed me ^aJoshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and ^1bSatan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

²The Lord said to Satan, “^aThe Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has ^bchosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a ^cbrand plucked from the fire?”

³Now Joshua was clothed with ^afilthy garments and standing before the angel.

⁴He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “^aRemove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have ^btaken your iniquity away from you and ¹will ^cclothe you with festal robes.”

⁵Then I said, “Let them put a clean ^aturban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of the Lord was standing by.

⁶And the angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying,

⁷“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘If you will ^awalk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also ^bgovern My house and also have charge of My ^ccourts, and I will grant you ¹free access among these who are standing here.

The Branch

⁸‘Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a ^asymbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the ^1bBranch.

⁹‘For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are ^aseven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘and I will ^bremove the iniquity of that land in one day.

¹⁰‘In that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his ^avine and under his fig tree.’ ”