zechariah-3:4,-zechariah-3:9-niv

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 3:2-5

Zechariah 3:2-5. And the Lord said, &c. The Logos, or Son of God, said unto Satan; The Lord Namely, God the Father; rebuke thee And not suffer thy mischievous imagination against Jerusalem and the temple to prosper. Even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem Who hath chosen that place for his especial residence. Christ, as a mediator, rather chooses to rebuke the adversary in his Father’s name than in his own. Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire “Is not this small remnant... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 3:1-10

Encouragement to Joshua (3:1-10)Zechariah then has a vision in which he sees Satan accuse the high priest Joshua (and therefore the people he represents) of being unclean. Because of their long exile in idolatrous Babylon, they are no longer fit to enter God’s presence. In other words, Satan is hinting that the people are wasting their time building the temple. Since they are unclean, no sacrifices that they offer there will be acceptable to God (3:1; see also v. 3).God replies that he has not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 3:4

those that stood, &c. : i.e. the ministering spirits who waited on Him. Compare Deuteronomy 1:38 . 1Sa 16:21 . 1 Kings 10:8 . Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos . App-6 . iniquity. Hebrew. aven . App-44 . from thee = from upon thee, or from off thee. Compare 2 Samuel 12:13 ; 2 Samuel 24:10 . Job 7:21 . I will clothe = I have caused thee to be clothed. change of raiment = rich or costly garments: i.e. robes of state, or of righteousness. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3:4

Zechariah 3:4. Take away the filthy garments, &c.— These filthy garments denote the sins and pollution of the people, whose representative Joshua was; and the taking them away denotes God's pardoning the public and national sins of the Jews, and his restoring them to his favour and protection. The Jews used to change their garments under any public calamity; which calamity being over, they expressed the change of their condition, and the greatness of their joy, by clothing themselves in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 3:4

4. those that stood before him—the ministering angels (compare the phrase in 1 Kings 10:8; Daniel 1:5). Take away the filthy garments—In Zechariah 3:9 it is "remove the iniquity of that land"; therefore Joshua represents the land. from him—literally, "from upon him"; pressing upon him as an overwhelming burden. change of raiment—festal robes of the high priest, most costly and gorgeous; symbol of Messiah's imputed righteousness (Zechariah 3:9- :). The restoration of the glory of the priesthood... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 3:1-5

1. The symbolic Acts 3:1-5 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 3:4

The Lord then instructed others who were standing before Him, probably angelic servants, to remove Joshua’s filthy garments (cf. Exodus 28:8-9; Exodus 28:41; Leviticus 8:7-9; Numbers 20:28). The Lord explained that these garments symbolized the high priest’s (Israel’s) iniquities, which He had forgiven. He promised to remove his representative’s filthy robes and replace them with festal, stately robes, the apparel of royalty and wealth, symbolic of God’s righteousness (cf. Isaiah 3:22). Thus... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 3:1-10

The Fourth VisionJoshua, better known under the later form Jeshua (Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 12:7-8, Nehemiah 12:10, etc.), was the son of Jehozadak, a member of the priestly order. He returned with the Jews from exile, and was prominently associated with Zerubbabel in the erection of the Second Temple. In 1 Esdras and Ecclus. the name appears simply as ’Jesus.’1-7. Joshua, the high priest, is seen in a vision standing before the angel of God, accused by the adversary of being unworthy, as... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 3:1-7

III.FOURTH VISION.—JOSHUA BEFORE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD.(1-7) The accusation against Joshua was not that of neglecting the building of the Temple (for the re-building had been resumed five months before), nor was it that he had allowed his sons to marry foreign wives (for that took place some sixty years later), but, rather, as high priest he was the representative of the priestly nation, and so was looked on as laden, not only with his own, but also with the sins of the whole people. Moreover,... read more