A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

Zechariah 3

1 Then he showed me a Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and b Satan 1 standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, c "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who d has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! e Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?" 3 Now Joshua was clothed with f filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. 4 Then 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, g and I will clothe you with rich robes." 5 And I said, "Let them put a clean h turban 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.

6 Then 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 i keep My command,
Then you shall also j judge My house,
And likewise have charge of My courts;
I will give you places to walk
Among these who k stand here. 8 'Hear, O Joshua, the high priest,
You and your companions who sit before you,
For they are l a 2 wondrous sign;
For behold, I am bringing forth m My Servant the n BRANCH. 9 For behold, the stone
That I have laid before Joshua:
o Upon the stone are p seven eyes.
Behold, I will engrave its inscription,'
Says the LORD of hosts,
'And q I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10 r In that day,' says the LORD of hosts,
'Everyone will invite his neighbor
s Under his vine and under his fig tree.' "

  1. Cross References
    Ezra 5:2
    So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
    Haggai 1:1
    In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying.
    Zechariah 6:11
    Take the silver and gold, make an elaborate crown, and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 21:1
    Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
    Job 1:6
    Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
    Psalms 109:6
    Set a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
    Revelation 12:9
    So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
    Revelation 12:10
    Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
  3. Cross References
    Mark 9:25
    When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it: "Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!
  4. Cross References
    Romans 8:33
    Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
  5. Cross References
    Amos 4:11
    I overthrew some of you, As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning; Yet you have not returned to Me," Says the LORD.
  6. Cross References
    Ezra 9:15
    "O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!"
    Isaiah 64:6
    But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 3:21
    Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
    Isaiah 61:10
    I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 29:6
    You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 8:35
    "Therefore you shall stay at the door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night for seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, so that you may not die; for so I have been commanded."
    Ezekiel 44:16
    They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall come near My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 17:9
    And you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge there in those days, and inquire of them; they shall pronounce upon you the sentence of judgment.
    Deuteronomy 17:12
    Now the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away the evil from Israel.
  11. Cross References
    Zechariah 3:4
    Then 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, and I will clothe you with rich robes.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 71:7
    I have become as a wonder to many, But You are my strong refuge.
  13. Cross References
    Isaiah 42:1
    Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:1
    There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
    Isaiah 53:2
    For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
    Jeremiah 23:5
    Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
    Jeremiah 33:15
    In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David A Branch of righteousness; He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
    Zechariah 6:12
    Then speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, saying: "Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the LORD.
  15. Cross References
    Zechariah 4:10
    For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the LORD, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.
    Revelation 5:6
    And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 118:22
    The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:34
    "No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
    Jeremiah 50:20
    In those days and in that time," says the LORD, "The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve.
    Zechariah 3:4
    Then 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, and I will clothe you with rich robes.
  18. Cross References
    Zechariah 2:11
    Many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall become My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.
  19. Cross References
    1 Kings 4:25
    And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
    Isaiah 36:16
    Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: 'Make peace with me by a present and come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern.
    Micah 4:4
    But everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree, And no one shall make them afraid; For the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.
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