Zechariah 3:2
And the Lord said to Satan: The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan: and the Lord that chose Jerusalem rebuke thee: Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And Jesus was clothed with filthy garments: and he stood before the face of the angel.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:5From the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built in it to my name: neither chose I any other man, to be the ruler of my people Israel.
Psalms 109:31Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors
Amos 4:11I destroyed some of you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
Zechariah 2:12And the Lord shall possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Luke 4:35And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold thy peace, and go out of him. And when the devil had thrown him into the midst, he went out of him, and hurt him not at all.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 3:2-8
Joshua resisted and Upheld; Joshua Purified from Pollution; Joshua Reinstalled in His Office. ( b. c. 520.) 1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord , and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 2 And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. 4 And he answered and spake unto those… Read the whole commentary →