Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch.

大祭司约书亚啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴都当听。（他们是作预兆的。）我必使我仆人大卫的苗裔发出。

约书亚大祭司啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴都当听，因为他们是作预兆的：看哪，我必使我仆人大卫的苗裔长出。

约书亚大祭司啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴都当听，因为他们是作预兆的：看哪，我必使我仆人大卫的苗裔长出。

约书亚大祭司啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴们听着，你们都是将来之事的预兆——我将使我仆人大卫的苗裔兴起。

大祭司约书亚啊！你和坐在你面前的众同伴都要听，（他们都是预表将来奇事的人，）我必使我的仆人，就是大卫的苗裔出生。

大祭司約書亞啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴都當聽。（他們是作預兆的。）我必使我僕人大衛的苗裔發出。

約書亞大祭司啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴都當聽，因為他們是作預兆的：看哪，我必使我僕人大衛的苗裔長出。

約書亞大祭司啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴都當聽，因為他們是作預兆的：看哪，我必使我僕人大衛的苗裔長出。

約書亞大祭司啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴們聽著，你們都是將來之事的預兆——我將使我僕人大衛的苗裔興起。

大祭司約書亞啊！你和坐在你面前的眾同伴都要聽，（他們都是預表將來奇事的人，）我必使我的僕人，就是大衛的苗裔出生。

大祭司約書亞啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴都是好兆頭的人，你們都要聽！看吧！我必使我僕人大衛、那稱為樹苗的、發生出來。

「『大祭司約書亞啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴們都當聽！因為你們都是將來之事的預表。看哪，我將使我的僕人——那苗裔來到！

大祭司約書亞歟、爾與坐於爾前之儔侶、皆為預兆之人、咸宜聽之、我將使我僕名萌蘖者出、

爾祭司長約書亞、與並坐之儔侶、俱為民間所異、咸聽我言、必使我僕至、長若枝柯、

惟爾大祭司約書亞、與坐於爾前之伴侶、俱非常之人、俱非常之人或作必為之施異跡爾與彼咸宜聽、我必使我僕稱枝來、我必使我僕稱枝來或作我必使我僕大衛苗裔來見六章十二節

“‘ Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.

“‘ High Priest Joshua, pay attention! I want you other priests who are sitting with Joshua to listen also. All you men are signs of things to come. I am going to bring to you my servant the Branch.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch.

“ Listen to me, O Jeshua the high priest, and all you other priests. You are symbols of things to come. Soon I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.

“ Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring my servant, the Branch.

Now listen, Joshua, you high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you— indeed they are men who are a sign: for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch.

‘ Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, For they are a wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.

“ Listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring My servant, the Branch.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they[ are] men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.

“ I, the LORD, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.

A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.

Then say to him,‘ The LORD who rules over all says,“ Look– here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the LORD.

In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David.“‘ He will do what is just and right in the land.

Later the LORD explained,“ In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush,

“ Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

At that time the crops given by the LORD will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel.

He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.

So now the LORD says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant– he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the LORD’s sight, for my God is my source of strength–

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

Look, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the LORD who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.

Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“ My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross!

Say,‘ I am an object lesson for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile and captivity.’

“ Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted–

“‘ This is what the sovereign LORD says:“‘ I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel, and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar. Every bird will live under it; Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.All the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it!’”

He said to me,“ You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor.”

I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them– namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken!

I will prepare for them a healthy planting. They will no longer be victims of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.

Many are appalled when they see me, but you are my secure shelter.

Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done. When it happens, then you will know that I am the sovereign LORD.’

Because of our God’s tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high

“‘ My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.