Zechariah (Zacharias) 3

¹ And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord: and Satan stood on his right hand to be his adversary.

² And the Lord said to Satan: The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan: and the Lord that chose Jerusalem rebuke thee: Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

³ And Jesus was clothed with filthy garments : and he stood before the face of the angel.

⁴ Who answered, and said to them that stood before him, saying: Take away the filthy garments from him. And he said to him: Behold I have taken away thy iniquity, and have clothed thee with change of garments.

⁵ And he said: Put a clean mitre upon his head: and they put a clean mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments, and the angel of the Lord stood. [1] "Jesus" : Alias, Josue, the son of Josedec, the high priest of that time. [3] "With filthy garments" : Negligences and sins.

⁶ And the angel of the Lord protested to Jesus, saying:

⁷ Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my charge, thou also shalt judge my house, and shalt keep my courts, and I will give thee some of them that are now present here to walk with thee.

⁸ Hear, O Jesus thou high priest, thou and thy friends that dwell before thee, for they are portending men : for behold I WILL BRING MY SERVANT THE ORIENT .

⁹ For behold the stone that I have laid before Jesus: upon one stone there are seven eyes : behold I will grave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will take away the iniquity of that land in one day .

¹⁰ In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, every man shall call his friend under the vine and under the fig tree. [7] "I will give thee" : Angels to attend and assist thee. [8] "Portending men" : That is, men, who by words and actions are to foreshew wonders that are to come.-- Ibid. [8] "My servant the Orient" : Christ, who according to his humanity is the servant of God, is called the Orient from his rising like the sun in the east to enlighten the world. [9] "The stone" : Another emblem of Christ, the rock, foundation, and corner stone of his church.-- Ibid. [9] "Seven eyes" : The manifold providence of Christ over his church, or the seven gifts of the spirit of God.-- Ibid. [9] "One day" : Viz., the day of the passion of Christ, the source of all our good: when this precious stone shall be graved, that is, cut and pierced, with whips, thorns, nails, and spear. Prophecy of Zacharias (Zechariah) next > Chapter 3 next > TOP OF PAGE side_ads("../") var sc_project = 12672635; var sc_invisible = 1; var sc_security = "b8696459";