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Now listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates who sit in front of you—because these men are a sign. Look! I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. Look carefully at the stone that I placed in front of Joshua! On one stone with seven facets[a] I will engrave an inscription, declares the Lord of Armies, and I will remove the guilt of this land in a single day.

10 On that day, declares the Lord of Armies, each one of you will invite his neighbor to join him under his vine and under his fig tree.

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  1. Zechariah 3:9 Literally eyes

Listen, please, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companions[a] that are sitting before[b] you. For the men are a sign that,[c] look, I am going to bring my servant the Branch.[d] For consider, the stone that I set before[e] Joshua, on one stone are seven eyes.[f] Look, I am going to engrave an inscription on it,’[g] declares[h] Yahweh of hosts, ‘and I will remove the guilt of that land in a single day. 10 On that day,’ declares[i] Yahweh of hosts, ‘you will invite one another[j] under the vine and under the fig tree.’”

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  1. Zechariah 3:8 Possibly his fellow priests
  2. Zechariah 3:8 Literally “to the face of”
  3. Zechariah 3:8 Hebrew “for”
  4. Zechariah 3:8 Hebrew “Sprout” or “Shoot” (“Branch” is a traditional rendering in English)
  5. Zechariah 3:9 Literally “I gave to the face of, ”or “I gave in the presence of”
  6. Zechariah 3:9 Or “facets”
  7. Zechariah 3:9 Literally “I am going to engrave its engraving”
  8. Zechariah 3:9 Literally “declaration of”
  9. Zechariah 3:10 Literally “declaration of”
  10. Zechariah 3:10 Literally “a man to his friend”

“‘Listen, High Priest(A) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic(B) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.(C) See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!(D) There are seven eyes[a](E) on that one stone,(F) and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin(G) of this land in a single day.

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

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  1. Zechariah 3:9 Or facets