The Coming Branch
Zechariah 3:1-10 (NASB95)
Joshua, the High Priest
1 Then he showed me aJoshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and 1bSatan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
2 The Lord said to Satan, “aThe Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has bchosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a cbrand plucked from the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was clothed with afilthy garments and standing before the angel.
4 He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “aRemove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have btaken your iniquity away from you and 1will cclothe you with festal robes.”
5 Then I said, “Let them put a clean aturban on his head.” So they put a clean turban 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 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘If you will awalk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also bgovern My house and also have charge of My ccourts, and I will grant you 1free access among these who are standing here.
a Ezra 5:2; Hag 1:1; Zech 6:11
1 Or the Adversary or Accuser
b 1 Chr 21:1; Job 1:6; Ps 109:6; Rev 12:10
a Mark 9:25; Jude 9
b Zech 2:12
c Amos 4:11; Jude 23
a Ezra 9:15; Is 4:4; 64:6
a Is 43:25; Ezek 36:25
b Mic 7:18, 19; Zech 3:9
1 Lit to clothe
c Is 52:1; 61:10
a Job 29:14; Is 3:23
a 1 Kin 3:14
b Deut 17:9, 12
c Is 62:9
1 Lit goings
New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Zec 3:1). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
The Branch
8 ‘Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a asymbol (wonderous sign), for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the 1bBranch.
a Is 8:18; 20:3; Ezek 12:11
1 Lit Sprout
b Is 11:1; 53:2; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zech 6:12
Zechariah 3:8 The cleansing of Joshua is symbolic of God’s cleansing of the people; the cleansing takes place through God’s Servant the BRANCH, a definite type of Christ. When Christ first came to cleanse national Israel, Israel was blinded to His true identity. At His Second Advent they will receive Him as their Messiah. In the interim, Jesus Christ is cleansing His spiritual Israel, the church (see 6:12-15).
9 ‘For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are aseven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘and I will bremove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Zechariah 3:9 There is no unanimity among scholars regarding what the stone with seven eyes (or facets) represents. It may be another designation of the Messiah. See Is. 8:14; Matt. 21:42.
10 ‘In that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his avine and under his fig tree.’ ”
a 1 Kin 4:25; Is 36:16; Mic 4:4
New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Zec 3:10). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation
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Zech 3:8 wondrous sign, mophet (moh-fayt); Strong’s #4159: A miracle, sign, token, wonder. Used 36 times in the OT, its first occurrence is in Ex. 4:21, where God mentions the “wonders” that Moses will perform before Pharaoh. Mophet is translated “miracle” in Ex. 7:9. Generally it is translated “sign” (2 Chr. 32:24) or “wonder” (Ps. 105:27). While mophet contains the idea of something miraculous, in some references it seems to connote an illustration or an example. For instance, the psalmist appears to make a complaint when he states, “I have become as a wonder to many” (Ps. 71:7). Ezekiel is described as a “sign” to the house of Israel (Ezek. 12:6, 11; 24:24, 27). |