Zechariah 3:2
And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:5‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
Amos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Zechariah 2:12And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
Luke 4:35But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
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 →