Clean Garments for the High Priest

3 Then he showed me Joshua^(A) the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan^[a](B) standing at his right side to accuse him. ² The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you,^(C) Satan! The Lord, who has chosen^(D) Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick^(E) snatched from the fire?”^(F)

³ Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. ⁴ The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”

Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin,^(G) and I will put fine garments^(H) on you.”

⁵ Then I said, “Put a clean turban^(I) on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.

⁶ The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: ⁷ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,^(J) then you will govern my house^(K) and have charge^(L) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.^(M)

⁸ “‘Listen, High Priest^(N) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic^(O) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.^{(P) 9} See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!^(Q) There are seven eyes^[b](R) on that one stone,^(S) and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin^(T) of this land in a single day.

¹⁰ “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit^(U) under your vine and fig tree,^(V)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees

4 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke^(W) me up, like someone awakened from sleep.^{(X) 2} He asked me, “What do you see?”^(Y)

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand^(Z) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps^(AA) on it, with seven channels to the lamps. ³ Also there are two olive trees^(AB) by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

⁴ I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵ He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.^(AC)

⁶ So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:^(AD) ‘Not^(AE) by might nor by power,^(AF) but by my Spirit,’^(AG) says the Lord Almighty.

⁷ “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.^(AH) Then he will bring out the capstone^(AI) to shouts^(AJ) of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to me: ⁹ “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation^(AK) of this temple; his hands will also complete it.^(AL) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me^(AM) to you.

¹⁰ “Who dares despise the day^(AN) of small things,^(AO) since the seven eyes^(AP) of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone^[c] in the hand of Zerubbabel?”^(AQ)

¹¹ Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees^(AR) on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

¹² Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”

¹³ He replied, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I said.

¹⁴ So he said, “These are the two who are anointed^(AS) to^[d] serve the Lord of all the earth.”

The Flying Scroll

5 I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.^(AT)

² He asked me, “What do you see?”^(AU)

I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.^[e]”

³ And he said to me, “This is the curse^(AV) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief^(AW) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely^(AX) will be banished. ⁴ The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely^(AY) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.^(AZ)’”

The Woman in a Basket

⁵ Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”

⁶ I asked, “What is it?”

He replied, “It is a basket.^(BA)” And he added, “This is the iniquity^[f] of the people throughout the land.”

⁷ Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! ⁸ He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.^(BB)

⁹ Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork,^(BC) and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

¹⁰ “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.

¹¹ He replied, “To the country of Babylonia^[g](BD) to build a house^(BE) for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”^(BF)

Four Chariots

6 I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots^(BG) coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. ² The first chariot had red horses, the second black,^{(BH) 3} the third white,^(BI) and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful. ⁴ I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵ The angel answered me, “These are the four spirits^[h](BJ) of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world.^{(BK) 6} The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west,^[i] and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

⁷ When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth.^(BL) And he said, “Go throughout the earth!” So they went throughout the earth.

⁸ Then he called to me, “Look, those going toward the north country have given my Spirit^[j] rest^(BM) in the land of the north.”^(BN)

A Crown for Joshua

⁹ The word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁰ “Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon.^(BO) Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. ¹¹ Take the silver and gold and make a crown,^(BP) and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua^(BQ) son of Jozadak.^{[k](BR) 12} Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch,^(BS) and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord.^{(BT) 13} It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he^[l] will be a priest^(BU) on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.’ ¹⁴ The crown will be given to Heldai,^[m] Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen^[n] son of Zephaniah as a memorial^(BV) in the temple of the Lord. ¹⁵ Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord,^(BW) and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^(BX) This will happen if you diligently obey^(BY) the Lord your God.”