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# Zechariah 3

Zechariah 3 is chapter 3 of 14 in the Book of Zechariah. Here are all 10 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> In a vision Satan appeareth accusing the high priest. He is cleansed from his sins. Christ is promised, and great fruit from his passion.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Zechariah 3 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And the Lord revealed to me: Jesus the high priest, standing in the sight of the angel of the Lord. And Satan stood before his right hand, so as to be his adversary.
2. And the Lord said to Satan, “May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! And may the Lord, who chose Jerusalem, rebuke you! Are you not a firebrand plucked from the fire?”
3. And Jesus was clothed with filthy garments. And he stood before the face of an angel.
4. He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And he said to him, “Behold, I have taken away from you your iniquity, and I have clothed you with a change of clothing.”
5. And he said, “Place a clean diadem on his head.” And they placed a clean diadem on his head, and they clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord remained standing.
6. And the angel of the Lord contested with Jesus, saying:
7. Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, you likewise will judge my house and will keep my courts, and I will give you some of those who now attend here to walk with you.
8. Listen, Jesus the high priest, you and your friends, who dwell before you, who have been portending to men. For behold, I will lead my servant to the East.
9. For behold, the stone that I have bestowed before Jesus. Upon one stone, there are seven eyes. Behold, I will carve its engraving, says the Lord of hosts. And I will take away the iniquity of that land in one day.
10. On that day, says the Lord of hosts, every man will call his friend from under the vine and from under the fig tree.

## Zechariah 3 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et ostendit mihi Dominus Jesum sacerdotem magnum, stantem coram angelo Domini: et Satan stabat a dextris ejus ut adversaretur ei.
2. Et dixit Dominus ad Satan: Increpet Dominus in te, Satan! et increpet Dominus in te, qui elegit Jerusalem! numquid non iste torris est erutus de igne?
3. Et Jesus erat indutus vestibus sordidis, et stabat ante faciem angeli.
4. Qui respondit, et ait ad eos qui stabant coram se, dicens: Auferte vestimenta sordida ab eo. Et dixit ad eum: Ecce abstuli a te iniquitatem tuam, et indui te mutatoriis.
5. Et dixit: Ponite cidarim mundam super caput ejus. Et posuerunt cidarim mundam super caput ejus, et induerunt eum vestibus: et angelus Domini stabat.
6. Et contestabatur angelus Domini Jesum, dicens:
7. Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Si in viis meis ambulaveris, et custodiam meam custodieris, tu quoque judicabis domum meam, et custodies atria mea, et dabo tibi ambulantes de his qui nunc hic assistunt.
8. Audi, Jesu sacerdos magne, tu et amici tui, qui habitant coram te, quia viri portendentes sunt: ecce enim ego adducam servum meum Orientem.
9. Quia ecce lapis quem dedi coram Jesu: super lapidem unum septem oculi sunt: ecce ego cælabo sculpturam ejus, ait Dominus exercituum, et auferam iniquitatem terræ illius in die una.
10. In die illa, dicit Dominus exercituum, vocabit vir amicum suum subter vitem et subter ficum.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 1: “Jesus” … Alias, Josue, the son of Josedec, the high priest of that time.
- Verse 3: “With filthy garments” … Negligences and sins.
- Verse 7: Angels to attend and assist thee.
- Verse 8: That is, men, who by words and actions are to foreshew wonders that are to come.-- Ibid.
- Verse 8: Christ, who according to his humanity is the servant of God, is called the Orient from his rising like the sun in the east to enlighten the world.
- Verse 9: “The stone” … Another emblem of Christ, the rock, foundation, and corner stone of his church.-- Ibid.
- Verse 9: “Seven eyes” … The manifold providence of Christ over his church, or the seven gifts of the spirit of God.-- Ibid.
- Verse 9: “One day” … Viz., the day of the passion of Christ, the source of all our good: when this precious stone shall be graved, that is, cut and pierced, with whips, thorns, nails, and spear.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).