For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, (A)for he who touches you touches (B)the apple of his eye: “Behold, (C)I will shake my hand over them, (D)and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then (E)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. 10 (F)Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for (G)behold, I come (H)and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 (I)And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. (J)And I will dwell in your midst, and (K)you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 12 (L)And the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again (M)choose Jerusalem.”

13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

Then he showed me (N)Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and (O)Satan[b] standing at his right hand to accuse him. And the Lord said to Satan, (P)“The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has (Q)chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this (R)a brand[c] plucked from the fire?” Now (S)Joshua was standing before the angel, (T)clothed with filthy garments. And the angel said to (U)those who were standing before him, (V)“Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, (W)I have taken your iniquity away from you, and (X)I will clothe you with pure vestments.” And I said, (Y)“Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by.

And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured (Z)Joshua, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and (AA)keep my charge, then you shall (AB)rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among (AC)those who are standing here. Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for (AD)they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring (AE)my servant (AF)the Branch. For behold, on (AG)the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with (AH)seven eyes,[d] I will (AI)engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and (AJ)I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. 10 In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come (AK)under his vine and under his fig tree.”

A Vision of a Golden Lampstand

And (AL)the angel who talked with me came again (AM)and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, (AN)a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and (AO)seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. And there are (AP)two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” And I said to (AQ)the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, (AR)“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to (AS)Zerubbabel: (AT)Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory
  2. Zechariah 3:1 Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary
  3. Zechariah 3:2 That is, a burning stick
  4. Zechariah 3:9 Or facets

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