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Fourth Vision: High Priest and Branch

¹ Then he showed me the high priest Joshua^(C1) standing before the angel of the Lord,^(C2) with Satan^(F1)(C3) standing at his right side to accuse him. ² The Lord^(F1) said to Satan: “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?” ^(C1)

³ Now Joshua was dressed with filthy^(F1) clothes^(C1) as he stood before the angel.^{(C2) 4} So the angel of the Lord^(F1) spoke to those^(F2) standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to him, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you,^(C1) and I will clothe you with festive robes.”

⁵ Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban^(C1) on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him in garments while the angel of the Lord was standing nearby.

⁶ Then the angel of the Lord charged Joshua: ⁷ “This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.

⁸ “Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring my servant, the Branch.^{(C1) 9} Notice the stone^(C1) I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes.^(C2) I will engrave an inscription on it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—“and I will take away the iniquity of this land in a single day. ¹⁰ On that day, each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree.”^(C1) This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.