³ Now Joshua was clothed in ^(A)filthy garments and was standing before the angel. ⁴ And he responded and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “^(B)Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have ^(C)taken your guilt away from you and ^[a]will ^(D)clothe you with festive robes.” ⁵ Then I said, “Have them put a clean ^(E)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 ^(F)walk in My ways and perform My service, then you will both ^(G)govern My house and be in charge of My ^(H)courtyards, and I will grant you ^[b]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 ^(I)sign: for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the ^[c](J)Branch. ⁹ For behold, the stone that I have put before Joshua; on one stone are ^(K)seven eyes. Behold, I am going to engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘and I will ^(L)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 ^(M)vine and under his fig tree.’”

⁴ But you have a few ^[a](A)people in ^(B)Sardis who have not ^(C)soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^(D)in white, for they are worthy.