Zechariah 3:8
Context3:8 Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you 1 are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch. 2
Zechariah 7:13
Context7:13 “‘It then came about that just as I 3 cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.
1 tn Heb “these men.” The cleansing of Joshua and his elevation to enhanced leadership as a priest signify the coming of the messianic age.
2 sn The collocation of servant and branch gives double significance to the messianic meaning of the passage (cf. Isa 41:8, 9; 42:1, 19; 43:10; 44:1, 2, 21; Ps 132:17; Jer 23:5; 33:15).
3 tn Heb “he.” Since the third person pronoun refers to the