The Preacher's Bible

He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before Jehovah’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. ²Jehovah said to Satan, “Jehovah rebuke you, Satan! Yes, Jehovah who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?”

³Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. ⁴He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, “Take the filthy garments off him.” To him he said, “Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing.”

⁵I said, “Let them set a clean turban on his head.” So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and Jehovah’s angel was standing by.

⁶Jehovah’s angel solemnly assured Joshua, saying, ⁷“Jehovah of Armies says: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by. ⁸Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign; for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch. ⁹For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua: on one stone are seven eyes; behold, I will engrave its inscription,’ says Jehovah of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. ¹⁰In that day,’ says Jehovah of Armies, ‘you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’”