¹ And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

² And the LORD said unto Satan,

The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan;

even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee:

is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

³ Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments,

and stood before the angel.

⁴ And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him,

saying,

Take away the filthy garments from him.

And unto him he said,

Behold,

I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee,

and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

⁵ And I said,

Let them set a fair mitre upon his head.

So they set a fair mitre upon his head,

and clothed him with garments.

And the angel of the LORD stood by.

⁶ And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua,

saying,

⁷ Thus saith the LORD of hosts;

If thou wilt walk in my ways,

and if thou wilt keep my charge,

then thou shalt also judge my house,

and shalt also keep my courts,

and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

⁸ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee:

for they are men wondered at:

for, {behold}, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.

⁹ For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua;

upon one stone shall be seven eyes:

behold,

I will engrave the graving thereof,

saith the LORD of hosts,

and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

¹⁰ In that day, {saith the LORD of hosts}, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.

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