Zechariah 3:1–10

Vision of the High Priest

3Then he showed me ^aJoshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and ^bSatan ¹standing at his right hand to oppose him. ²And the Lord said to Satan, ^c“The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who ^dhas chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! ^eIs this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

³Now Joshua was clothed with ^ffilthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.

⁴Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you, ^gand I will clothe you with rich robes.”

⁵And I said, “Let them put a clean ^hturban on his head.”

So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the Lord stood by.

The Coming Branch

⁶Then the Angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying, ⁷“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

‘If you will walk in My ways,

And if you will ⁱkeep My command,

Then you shall also ^jjudge My house,

And likewise have charge of My courts;

I will give you places to walk

Among these who ^kstand here.

⁸‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest,

You and your companions who sit before you,

For they are ^la ²wondrous sign;

For behold, I am bringing forth ^mMy Servant the ⁿBRANCH.

⁹For behold, the stone

That I have laid before Joshua:

^oUpon the stone are ^pseven eyes.

Behold, I will engrave its inscription,’

Says the Lord of hosts,

‘And ^qI will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

^10rIn that day,’ says the Lord of hosts,

‘Everyone will invite his neighbor

^sUnder his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”