The Crown and the Temple

⁹ And the word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁰ “Take from the exiles ^(A)Heldai, Tobijah, and ^(B)Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of ^(C)Zephaniah. ¹¹ Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, ^(D)and set it on the head of ^(E)Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ¹² And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is ^(F)the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and ^(G)he shall build the temple of the Lord. ^13 (H)It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord ^(I)and shall bear royal honour, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a ^(J)priest on his throne, ^(K)and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’ ¹⁴ And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as ^(L)a reminder to ^(M)Helem,^{[a] (N)}Tobijah, ^(O)Jedaiah, and Hen ^(P)the son of Zephaniah.

^15 (Q)“And those who are far off shall come and ^(R)help to build the temple of the Lord. ^(S)And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^(T)And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”