⁶ Then the ·Lord’s angel [angel of the Lord; 1:11] ·said [spoke solemnly; gave this charge] to Joshua, ⁷ “This is what the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] says: ‘If you ·do as I tell you [walk in my ways] and ·serve me [carefully keep my requirements], you will be in charge of my ·Temple [^Lhouse] and my courtyards. And I will let you be with ·these angels [^Lthese] who are standing here.

⁸ “‘Listen, Joshua, the high priest, and your ·friends [colleagues; associates] who are sitting in front of you. They are ·symbols [a sign] of what will happen. [^LLook; ^TBehold] I am going to bring my servant, the Branch [^Cthe Messiah; Ps. 132:17; Is. 11:1; 42:1; Jer. 23:5; 33:15]. ⁹ Look, I put this stone in front of Joshua, a stone with seven ·sides [^Leyes]. I will ·carve a message [engrave an inscription] on it,’ says the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts]. ‘And in one day I will ·take away the sin [remove the iniquity] of this land.’

¹⁰ “The Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] says, ‘In that day, each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your own grapevine and under your own fig tree [^Csymbols of security and prosperity; Is. 36:16; Mic. 4:4].’”