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    Zechariah · 10 verses

    Zechariah 3

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    A single stone bears seven eyes, and the chapter never says what the eyes are doing there; it merely promises that an inscription will be engraved upon it.

    The accused priest is dressed againvv. 1–5

    The angel shows Zechariah Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan at his right hand to accuse him. Before the accusation gets going, the LORD rebukes Satan and calls Joshua a firebrand snatched from the fire. Joshua is wearing filthy garments, so the angel orders them removed and promises splendid robes; Zechariah then adds a clean turban to the proceedings. It is a vision that pauses for a remarkably exact change of clothes.

    The charge, the stone, and the vinevv. 6–10

    The angel of the LORD gives Joshua a charge: walk in the LORD’s ways and keep the instructions, and Joshua will govern the LORD’s house, have charge of the courts, and receive a place among those standing there. Joshua and his companions are called a sign, and the LORD announces the coming of His servant, the Branch. Then comes the stone set before Joshua, carrying seven eyes and awaiting an inscription; in a single day the iniquity of the land will be removed. On that day, neighbors will invite one another to sit under their own vine and fig tree.

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    1. Zech 3:1Then 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.

    2. Zech 3:2And 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?”

    3. Zech 3:3Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.

    4. Zech 3:4So 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.”

    5. Zech 3:5Then 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.

    6. Zech 3:6Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:

    7. Zech 3:7“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.

    8. Zech 3:8Hear 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.

    9. Zech 3:9See 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.

    10. Zech 3:10On 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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    Where this is echoed

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    • 4Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
    • 4Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
    • 2Amos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
    • 8Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
    • 8Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
    • 2Jude 1:23save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
    • 3Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
    • 1Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.
    • 11 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
    • 2Jude 1:9But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
    • 4Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
    • 4Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
    • 9Zechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
    • 2Romans 8:33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
    • 4Revelation 19:7–8Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
    • 7Matthew 19:28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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