Zechariah 3-4

New American Standard Bible

Joshua, the High Priest

3 Then he showed me ^(A)Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and ^[a](B)Satan standing at his right to accuse him. ² And the Lord said to Satan, “^(C)The Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has ^(D)chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a ^(E)log snatched from the fire?” ³ Now Joshua was clothed in ^(F)filthy garments and was standing before the angel. ⁴ And he responded and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “^(G)Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have ^(H)taken your guilt away from you and ^[b]will ^(I)clothe you with festive robes.” ⁵ Then I said, “Have them put a clean ^(J)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 ^(K)walk in My ways and perform My service, then you will both ^(L)govern My house and be in charge of My ^(M)courtyards, and I will grant you ^[c]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 ^(N)sign: for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the ^[d](O)Branch. ⁹ For behold, the stone that I have put before Joshua; on one stone are ^(P)seven eyes. Behold, I am going to engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘and I will ^(Q)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 ^(R)vine and under his fig tree.’”

The Golden Lampstand and the Olive Trees

4 Then ^(S)the angel who had been speaking with me returned and ^(T)woke me, like a person who is awakened from his sleep. ² And he said to me, “^(U)What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a ^(V)lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its ^(W)seven lamps on it with seven ^[e]spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; ³ also ^(X)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, ^(Y)my lord?” ⁵ So ^(Z)the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “^(AA)Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” ⁶ Then he said to ^[f]me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^(AB)Zerubbabel, saying, ‘^(AC)Not by might nor by power, but by My ^(AD)Spirit,’ says the Lord of armies. ⁷ ‘What are you, you great ^(AE)mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring out the top stone with ^(AF)shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

⁸ Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁹ “The hands of Zerubbabel have ^(AG)laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will ^(AH)finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of armies has sent me to ^[g]you. ¹⁰ For who has shown contempt for the day of ^(AI)small things? ^[h]But these ^(AJ)seven will rejoice when they see the ^[i](AK)plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—they are the ^(AL)eyes of the Lord ^(AM)roaming throughout the earth.”

¹¹ Then I said to him, “What are these ^(AN)two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?” ¹² And I responded the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive ^[j]branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?” ¹³ So he answered me, saying, “^(AO)Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, ^(AP)my lord.” ¹⁴ Then he said, “These are the two ^[k](AQ)anointed ones, who are ^(AR)standing by the ^(AS)Lord of the whole earth.”