Zechariah 3

Chapter 2

¹And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line. ²And I said to him, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it. ³And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood by, and another angel went forth to meet him, ⁴and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying,

Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her. ⁵And I will be to her, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for a glory in the midst of her.

⁶Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord, ⁷even to Sion: deliver yourselves, ye that dwell with the daughter of Babylon. ⁸For thus saith the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that touches the apple of his eye. ⁹For, behold, I bring my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to them that serve them: and ye shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.

¹⁰Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Sion: for, behold, I come, and will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. ¹¹And many nations shall flee for refuge to the Lord in that day, and they shall be for a people to him, and they shall dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee. ¹²And the Lord shall inherit Juda his portion in the holy land, and he will yet choose Jerusalem. ¹³Let all flesh fear before the Lord: for he has risen up from his holy clouds.

Chapter 3

¹And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the ¹Devil stood on his right hand to resist him. ²And the Lords said to the Devil,

³²The Lord rebuke thee, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire?

⁴Now Jesus was clothed in ³filthy raiment, and stood before the angel. ⁵And the Lord answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy raiment from him: and he said to him, Behold, I have taken away thine iniquities: and clothe ye him with a ⁴long robe, ⁶and place a pure mitre upon his head. So they placed a pure mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments: and the angel of the Lord stood by. ⁷And the angel of the Lord testified to Jesus, saying, ⁸Thus saith the Lord Almighty;

If thou wilt walk in my ways, and take heed to my charges, then shalt thou judge my house: and if thou wilt diligently keep

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my court, then will I give thee men to walk in the midst of these that stand here. ⁹Hear now, Jesus the high priest, thou, and thy neighbours that are sitting before thee: for they are diviners, for, behold, I bring forth my servant The ⁵Branch. ¹⁰For as for the stone which I have set before the face of Jesus, on the one stone are seven eyes: behold, I am digging a trench, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will search out all the iniquity of that land in one day. ¹¹In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, ye shall call together every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig-tree.