Zechariah 6:12

then shalt thou speak unto him, saying, Thus, speaketh Yahweh of hosts, saying,—Lo! a man! Bud, is his name, and, out of his own place, shall he bud forth, and shall build the temple of Yahweh;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:

In Context

11yea thou shalt take silver and gold, and make a crown,—and set [it] upon the head of Jehoshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest;

13Yea, he, shall build the temple of Yahweh, and, he, shall bear the honour, and shall sit and rule upon his throne,—and shall become a priest upon his throne, and, the counsel of peace, shall be between the two of them.

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Cross References

Ezra 3:8Now, in the second year of their coming in unto the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak and the rest of their brethren—the priests and the Levites, and all that were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and stationed the Levites, of twenty years old and upwards, to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh.

Psalms 80:15Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.

Isaiah 11:1But there shall come forth a shoot from the stock of Jesse,—And, a sprout from his roots, shall bear fruit;

Isaiah 53:2When he came up as a sapling before him. And as a root-sprout out of dry ground, He had neither beauty nor majesty,—When we beheld him, there was nothing to behold, that we should desire him;

Jeremiah 33:15In those days and at that time, will I cause to bud unto David A Bud of righteousness,—And he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land:

Micah 5:5So shall this one be Prosperity. As for Assyria—when he shall enter our land, and when he shall tread down in our palaces, then will we raise up against him, seven shepherds, and eight princes of mankind.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 6:10-15

The Coronation of Joshua; Prediction of the Messiah. ( b. c. 520.) 9 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 10 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose… Read the whole commentary →

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