Zechariah 3:8

Good News Translation

Listen then, Joshua, you who are the High Priest; and listen, you fellow priests of his, you that are the sign of a good future: I will reveal my servant, who is called The Branch!

Cross References

Psalm 71:7

My life has been an example to many, because you have been my strong defender.

Isaiah 11:1

The royal line of David is like a tree that has been cut down; but just as new branches sprout from a stump, so a new king will arise from among David's descendants.

Isaiah 20:3

When Ashdod was captured, the Lord said, “My servant Isaiah has been going around naked and barefoot for three years. This is a sign of what will happen to Egypt and Ethiopia.

Isaiah 4:2

The time is coming when the Lord will make every plant and tree in the land grow large and beautiful. All the people of Israel who survive will take delight and pride in the crops that the land produces.

Isaiah 42:1

The Lord says, “Here is my servant, whom I strengthen— the one I have chosen, with whom I am pleased. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to every nation.

Isaiah 49:3

He said to me, “Israel, you are my servant; because of you, people will praise me.”

Isaiah 49:5

Before I was born, the Lord appointed me; he made me his servant to bring back his people, to bring back the scattered people of Israel. The Lord gives me honor; he is the source of my strength.

Isaiah 52:13

The Lord says, “My servant will succeed in his task; he will be highly honored.

Isaiah 53:11

After a life of suffering, he will again have joy; he will know that he did not suffer in vain. My devoted servant, with whom I am pleased, will bear the punishment of many and for his sake I will forgive them.

Isaiah 53:2

It was the will of the Lord that his servant grow like a plant taking root in dry ground. He had no dignity or beauty to make us take notice of him. There was nothing attractive about him, nothing that would draw us to him.

Isaiah 8:18

Here I am with the children the Lord has given me. The Lord Almighty, whose throne is on Mount Zion, has sent us as living messages to the people of Israel.

Jeremiah 23:5

The Lord says, “The time is coming when I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land.

Jeremiah 33:15

At that time I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will do what is right and just throughout the land.

Ezekiel 12:11

Tell them that what you have done is a sign of what will happen to them—they will be refugees and captives.

Ezekiel 12:6

Let them watch you putting your pack on your shoulder and going out into the dark with your eyes covered, so that you can't see where you are going. What you do will be a warning to the Israelites.”

Ezekiel 24:24

Then I will be a sign to you; you will do everything I have done. The Lord says that when this happens, you will know that he is the Sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 34:29

I will give them fertile fields and put an end to hunger in the land. The other nations will not sneer at them any more.

Ezekiel 37:24

A king like my servant David will be their king. They will all be united under one ruler and will obey my laws faithfully.

Zechariah 6:12

Tell him that the Lord Almighty says, ‘The man who is called The Branch will flourish where he is and rebuild the Lord's Temple.

Luke 1:78

Our God is merciful and tender. He will cause the bright dawn of salvation to rise on us