Zechariah 3:8

New Century Version

“ ‘Listen, Joshua, the high priest, and your friends who are sitting in front of you. They are symbols of what will happen. I am going to bring my servant called the Branch.

Cross References

Psalm 71:7

I am an example to many people, because you are my strong protection.

Isaiah 11:1

A new branch will grow from a stump of a tree; so a new king will come from the family of Jesse.

Isaiah 20:3

Then the Lord said, “Isaiah my servant has walked around naked and barefoot for three years as a sign against Egypt and Cush.

Isaiah 4:2

At that time the Lord’s branch will be very beautiful and great. The people still living in Israel will be proud of what the land grows.

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is my servant, the one I support. He is the one I chose, and I am pleased with him. I have put my Spirit upon him, and he will bring justice to all nations.

Isaiah 49:3

He told me, “Israel, you are my servant. I will show my glory through you.”

Isaiah 49:5

The Lord made me in the body of my mother to be his servant, to lead the people of Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him. The Lord will honor me, and I will get my strength from my God.

Isaiah 52:13

The Lord says, “See, my servant will act wisely. People will greatly honor and respect him.

Isaiah 53:11

“After his soul suffers many things, he will see life and be satisfied. My good servant will make many people right with God; he will carry away their sins.

Isaiah 53:2

He grew up like a small plant before the Lord, like a root growing in a dry land. He had no special beauty or form to make us notice him; there was nothing in his appearance to make us desire him.

Isaiah 8:18

I am here, and with me are the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and proofs for the people of Israel from the Lord All-Powerful, who lives on Mount Zion.

Jeremiah 23:5

“The days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will raise up a good branch in David’s family. He will be a king who will rule in a wise way; he will do what is fair and right in the land.

Jeremiah 33:15

In those days and at that time, I will make a good branch sprout from David’s family. He will do what is fair and right in the land.

Ezekiel 12:11

Say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ “The same things I have done will be done to the people in Jerusalem. They will be taken away from their country as captives.

Ezekiel 12:6

Lift them onto your shoulders with the people watching, and carry them out in the dark. Cover your face so you cannot see the ground, because I have made you a sign to the people of Israel.”

Ezekiel 24:24

So Ezekiel is to be an example for you. You must do all the same things he did. When all this happens, you will know that I am the Lord God.’

Ezekiel 34:29

I will give them a place famous for its good crops, so they will no longer suffer from hunger in the land. They will not suffer the insults of other nations anymore.

Ezekiel 37:24

“ ‘My servant David will be their king, and they will all have one shepherd. They will live by my rules and obey my laws.

Zechariah 6:12

Tell him this is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘A man whose name is the Branch will branch out from where he is, and he will build the Temple of the Lord.

Luke 1:78

With the loving mercy of our God, a new day from heaven will dawn upon us.