Zechariah 3:1-10
3 And he proceeded to show me Joshua*+ the high priest standing before the angel* of Jehovah, and Satan*+ standing at his right hand in order to resist+ him.
2 Then [the angel+ of] Jehovah* said to Satan: “Jehovah rebuke+ you, O Satan, yes, Jehovah rebuke you, he who is choosing Jerusalem!+ Is this one not a log snatched out of the fire?”+
3 Now as for Joshua, he happened to be clothed in befouled* garments+ and standing before the angel.
4 Then he answered and said to those standing before him: “Remove the befouled garments from upon him.” And he went on to say to him: “See, I have caused your error to pass away from upon you,+ and there is a clothing of you with robes of state.”+
5 At that I said:* “Let them put a clean turban upon his head.”+ And they proceeded to put the clean turban upon his head and to clothe him with garments; and the angel of Jehovah* was standing by.
6 And the angel of Jehovah* began to bear witness to Joshua, saying:
7 “This is what Jehovah* of armies has said, ‘If it is in my ways that you will walk, and if it is my obligation that you will keep,+ then also it will be you that will judge my house+ and also keep my courtyards; and I shall certainly give you free access among these who are standing by.’
8 “‘Hear, please, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companions who are sitting before you, for they are men* [serving] as portents;*+ for here I am bringing in my servant+ Sprout!*+
9 For, look! the stone+ that I have put before Joshua! Upon the one stone there are seven eyes.*+ Here I am engraving its engraving,’+ is the utterance of Jehovah of armies, ‘and I will take away the error of that land in one day.’+
10 “‘In that day,’ is the utterance of Jehovah of armies, ‘YOU will call, each one to the other, while under [the] vine and while under [the] fig tree.’”+
Footnotes
^ Or, “the messenger.”
^ Or, “and the Resister.” Lit., “and the Satan.” Heb., wehas·Sa·tanʹ; Lat., Saʹtan; Gr., Di·aʹbo·los. See Job 1:6 ftn, “Satan.”
^ “The angel (messenger) of Jehovah,” Sy; MLXXVg, “Jehovah.”
^ Or, “filthy,” that is, from excrement.
^ See App 1C §2.
^ “At that I said,” M; TSyVg, “And he said”; LXX omits.
^ See App 1C §2.
^ See App 1C §2.
^ “Men.” Heb., ʼan·shehʹ, pl. of ʼish.
^ Lit., “men of portent (token; wonder).”
^ Or, “seven pairs of eyes,” as the word for “eyes” is dual in number. Heb., shiv·ʽahʹ ʽeh·naʹyim. See App 3B.
