Zechariah 2:10-4:7

New American Standard Bible

^10 (A)Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will ^(B)dwell in your midst,” declares the Lord. ¹¹ “And ^(C)many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and will become My people. Then I will ^(D)dwell in your midst, and you will ^(E)know that the Lord of armies has sent Me to you. ¹² And the Lord will ^[a](F)possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again ^(G)choose Jerusalem.

¹³ “^[b](H)Be silent, all ^[c]mankind, before the Lord; for He has ^(I)roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

Joshua, the High Priest

3 Then he showed me ^(J)Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and ^[d](K)Satan standing at his right to accuse him. ² And the Lord said to Satan, “^(L)The Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has ^(M)chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a ^(N)log snatched from the fire?” ³ Now Joshua was clothed in ^(O)filthy garments and was standing before the angel. ⁴ And he responded and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “^(P)Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have ^(Q)taken your guilt away from you and ^[e]will ^(R)clothe you with festive robes.” ⁵ Then I said, “Have them put a clean ^(S)headband on his head.” So they put the clean headband on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of the Lord was standing by.

⁶ And the angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying, ⁷ “The Lord of armies says this: ‘If you ^(T)walk in My ways and perform My service, then you will both ^(U)govern My house and be in charge of My ^(V)courtyards, and I will grant you ^[f]free access among these who are standing here.

The Branch

⁸ Now listen, Joshua, you high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a ^(W)sign: for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the ^[g](X)Branch. ⁹ For behold, the stone that I have put before Joshua; on one stone are ^(Y)seven eyes. Behold, I am going to engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘and I will ^(Z)remove the guilt of that land in one day. ¹⁰ On that day,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his ^(AA)vine and under his fig tree.’”

The Golden Lampstand and the Olive Trees

4 Then ^(AB)the angel who had been speaking with me returned and ^(AC)woke me, like a person who is awakened from his sleep. ² And he said to me, “^(AD)What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a ^(AE)lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its ^(AF)seven lamps on it with seven ^[h]spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; ³ also ^(AG)two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.” ⁴ Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, “What are these, ^(AH)my lord?” ⁵ So ^(AI)the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “^(AJ)Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” ⁶ Then he said to ^[i]me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^(AK)Zerubbabel, saying, ‘^(AL)Not by might nor by power, but by My ^(AM)Spirit,’ says the Lord of armies. ⁷ ‘What are you, you great ^(AN)mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring out the top stone with ^(AO)shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”