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Zechariah 3:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring my servant, the Branch.

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‘Look, the days are coming’   #– #this is the  Lord’s declaration – ‘when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David. He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land.


Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch  from his roots will bear fruit.


You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Armies says: Here is a man whose name is Branch;  he will branch out from his place and build the Lord’s temple.


In those days and at that time I will cause a Righteous Branch to sprout up for David, and he will administer justice and righteousness in the land.


He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should desire him.


‘This  is my servant;  I strengthen him, this is my chosen one;  I delight in him. I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring justice  to the nations.


the Lord said, ‘As my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,


On that day the Branch  of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious,  and the fruit of the land  will be the pride and glory  of Israel’s survivors.


You are to say, “I am a sign for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile,  into captivity.”


After his anguish, he will see light  and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous  servant  will justify many, and he will carry their iniquities.


See, my servant  , will be successful; he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.


And now, says the  Lord, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him; for I am honoured in the sight of the  Lord, and my God is my strength –


Here I am with the children the Lord has given me  to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Armies who dwells on Mount Zion.


Because of our God’s merciful compassion, the dawn from on high  will visit us


My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them.  They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them.


I will establish for them a place renowned for its agriculture,  and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land. They will no longer endure the insults of the nations.


Now Ezekiel will be a sign for you.  You will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord God.”


He said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.’


And while they look on, lift the bags to your shoulder and take them out in the dark; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.’





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