Zechariah 3:8

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 

Ps 71:7; Isa 4:2; Isa 8:18; Isa 11:1; Isa 20:3; Isa 42:1; Isa 49:3,5; Isa 52:13; Isa 53:2; Isa 53:11; Jer 23:5; Jer 33:15; Eze 12:11; Eze 17:22-24; Eze 24:24; Eze 34:23,24; Eze 34:29; Eze 37:24; Zec 6:12; Lu 1:78; 1Co 4:9-13; Php 2:6-8

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).