Zechariah 3:2 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 3:2

And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan; yea, Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

KJV

And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah (420)

(Chapter III - Verse 1 and following) And he showed me Jesus, the great high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord: and Satan was standing at his right hand to oppose him. And the Lord said to Satan: May the Lord rebuke you, Satan, may the Lord rebuke you who has chosen Jerusalem. Is this not a brand plucked out of the fire? And Jesus was clothed in filthy garments, and he stood before the face of the angel who responded and said to those who stood before him, saying: Take away the filthy garments from him.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS, ALTERNATE SERIES 61 (420)

But perhaps an inquisitive reader will object this too: how we can assert that God stands at the right of the just man, and the devil at the left of the sinner, when concerning our Lord it is read in Zechariah, "And the devil was standing at his right hand to oppose him." Let him, then, who objects this read also what follows: that when the devil was standing at his right hand, Jesus had filthy garments.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The Lord - Christ, as a mediator, rather chuses to rebuke him in his father's name, than in his own.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? - The Jews were nearly destroyed because of their sins; a remnant of them is yet left, and God is determined to preserve them. He has had mercy upon them, and forgiven them their sins. Wouldst thou have them destroyed? It is God that hath justified them; who art thou that condemnest them? The Lord rebuke thee! God confound thee for what thou hast done, and for what thou desirest farther to do!

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 611: “Zechariah'S Vision Of Joshua The High Priest” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1865)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֜ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַשָּׂטָ֗ן	ha.sa.Tan	the accuser	H7854 →
יִגְעַ֨ר	yig.'Ar	may he rebuke	H1605 →
יְהוָ֤ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּךָ֙	be.Kha	<in> you
הַשָּׂטָ֔ן	ha.sa.Tan	O accuser	H7854 →
וְיִגְעַ֤ר	ve.yig.'Ar	and may he rebuke	H1605 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּךָ֔	be.Kha	<in> you
הַבֹּחֵ֖ר	ha.bo.Cher	who has chosen	H977 →
בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bi.ru.sha.Lim	<in> Jerusalem	H3389 →
הֲל֧וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
זֶ֦ה	zeh	[is] this	H2088 →
א֖וּד	'ud	a piece of firewood	H181 →
מֻצָּ֥ל	mu.Tzal	plucked out	H5337 →
מֵאֵֽשׁ׃	me.'Esh	from a fire	H784 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the…
leads to
- Hebrews 2:14
  Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
- John 8:44
  You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him.…
- Colossians 2:15
  And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
- John 12:31
  Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
- John 16:11
  and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
Through
Jude 1:23
save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:16
  Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Through
Romans 8:33
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
leads to
- Revelation 12:10–11
  And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our…
- Isaiah 50:8–9
  The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!