Zechariah 3

Joshua, the High Priest

1Then he showed me 1Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and 23Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2The Lord said to Satan, “4The Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has 5chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a 6brand plucked from the fire?” 3Now Joshua was clothed with 7filthy garments and standing before the angel. 4He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “8Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have 9taken your iniquity away from you and 10will 11clothe you with festal robes.” 5Then I said, “Let them put a clean 12turban 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 13walk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also 14govern My house and also have charge of My 15courts, and I will grant you 16free access among these who are standing here.

The Branch

8Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you--indeed they are men who are a 17symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the 1819Branch. 9For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are 20seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘and I will 21remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10In that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his 22vine and under his fig tree.’”