[1] Then the LORD showed me the high priest Joshua, standing before the messenger from the LORD, and the Adversary was standing by his right side to accuse him. [2] And the LORD said to the Adversary: “The LORD rebukes you, Adversary. The LORD, the one choosing Jerusalem, rebukes you. Is this one not a log snatched from the fire?” [3] Joshua was wearing filthy clothes and standing before the messenger. [4] He responded to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” And he said to Joshua, “Look, I have removed your guilt from you. Put on priestly robes.” [5] He said, “Put a clean turban upon his head.” So they put the clean turban upon his head, and they dressed him in garments while the LORD’s messenger stood by. [6] Then the LORD’s messenger admonished Joshua: [7] “The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: If you will walk in my paths, if you will keep my charge, then you will lead my house and guard my courts, and I will allow you to walk among those standing here. [8] Now listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your companions sitting before you—for these men are a sign—look, I am about to bring my servant, Branch. [9] See this stone that I have put before Joshua. Upon one stone, there are seven facets. I am about to engrave an inscription on it, says the LORD of heavenly forces. I will remove the guilt of that land in one day. [10] On that day, says the LORD of heavenly forces, everyone will invite their neighbors to sit beneath their vines and the fig trees.”
