Vision of the High Priest
1 Then he showed meJoshua the high priest standing before the Angel of theLord, andSatan standing at his right hand to oppose him.
2 And theLordsaid to Satan,“TheLordrebuke you, Satan! TheLordwhohas chosen Jerusalem rebuke you!Isthis not a brand plucked from the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was clothed withfilthy 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,and I will clothe you with rich robes.”
5 And I said, “Let them put a cleanturban on his head.”
So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of theLordstood by.
The Coming Branch
6 Then the Angel of theLordadmonished Joshua, saying,
7 “Thus says theLordof hosts:
‘If you will walk in My ways,
# And if you willkeep My command,
# Then you shall alsojudge My house,
And likewise have charge of My courts;
I will give you places to walk
# Among these whostand here.
8 ‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest,
You and your companions who sit before you,
# For they area wondrous sign;
# For behold, I am bringing forthMy Servant theBRANCH.
9 For behold, the stone
That I have laid before Joshua:
# Upon the stoneareseven eyes.
Behold, I will engrave its inscription,’
Says theLordof hosts,
# ‘AndI will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
10 In that day,’ says theLordof hosts,
‘Everyone will invite his neighbor
# Under his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”