Then the angel of the Lord exhorted Joshua solemnly:

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood there before the angel.

Then take some silver and gold to make a crown and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch.

As for the stone I have set before Joshua – on the one stone there are seven eyes. I am about to engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord who rules over all, ‘to the effect that I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.