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New Living Translation (NLT)

Zechariah 2
⁷ Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!”
⁸ After a period of glory, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent me against the nations who plundered you. For he said, “Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.
⁹ I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me.
¹⁰ The LORD says, “Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you.
¹¹ Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you.
¹² The land of Judah will be the LORD’s special possession in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city.
¹³ Be silent before the LORD, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”
Zechariah 3
¹ Then the angel showed me Jeshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD. The Accuser, Satan, was there at the angel’s right hand, making accusations against Jeshua.
² And the LORD said to Satan, “I, the LORD, reject your accusations, Satan. Yes, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you. This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from the fire.”
³ Jeshua’s clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel.
⁴ So the angel said to the others standing there, “Take off his filthy clothes.” And turning to Jeshua he said, “See, I have taken away your sins, and now I am giving you these fine new clothes.”