The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Zechariah 03
1 He showed me Joshua the high priest
standing before Yahweh’s angel, and Satan
standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
2 Yahweh said to Satan, “Yahweh rebuke
you, Satan! Yes, Yahweh who has chosen
Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this a burning
stick plucked out of the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was clothed withfilthy garments,
and was standing before the angel.
4 He answered and spoke to those who
stood before him, saying, “Take the filthy
garments off him.” To him he said, “Behold,
I have caused your iniquity to pass
from you, and I will clothe you with rich
clothing.”
5 I said, “Let them set a clean turban on
his head.” So they set a clean turban on his head,
and clothed him; and Yahweh’s angel was
standing by.
6 Yahweh’s angel solemnly assured
Joshua, saying,
7 “Yahweh of Armies says: ‘If you will
walk in my ways, and if you will follow my
instructions, then you also shall judge my
house, and shall also keep my courts, and I
will give you a place of access among these
who stand by.
8 Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you
and your fellows who sit before you, for
they are men who are a sign; for, behold,
I will bring out my servant, the Branch.
9 For, behold, the stone that I have set
before Joshua: on one stone are seven
eyes; behold, I will engrave its inscription,’
says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will remove
the iniquity of that land in one day.
10 In that day,’ says Yahweh of Armies,
‘you will invite every man his neighbor
under the vine and under the fig tree.’ ”