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About this chapterZechariah sees Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan at his right hand to accuse him. Joshua wears filthy clothes, but the Lord rebukes Satan and calls Joshua a burning stick snatched from the fire. The angel orders the filthy clothes removed and Joshua clothed in fine garments and given a clean turban, symbolizing that his guilt has been taken away. Joshua is charged to walk in God's ways and keep his charge. The Lord announces his servant, the Branch, and a stone with seven eyes. He promises to remove the land's sin in a single day, and each will invite a neighbor under the vine and fig tree.

Zechariah sees Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan at his right hand to accuse him. Joshua wears filthy clothes, but the Lord rebukes Satan and calls Joshua a burning stick snatched from the fire. The angel orders the filthy clothes removed and Joshua clothed in fine garments and given a clean turban, symbolizing that his guilt has been taken away. Joshua is charged to walk in God's ways and keep his charge. The Lord announces his servant, the Branch, and a stone with seven eyes. He promises to remove the land's sin in a single day, and each will invite a neighbor under the vine and fig tree.

Themes

  • Cleansed and clothed
  • Satan rebuked
  • The coming Branch
  • Sin removed in a day

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Zechariah 3

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1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?” 3Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel. 4So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.” 5Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by. 6Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua: 7“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here. 8Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch. 9See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. 10On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
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