Holy Scripture
Zechariah 3:2
A church father on this verse
“You can search them out for yourself from sacred Scripture without my help. And it will become clearly evident to you that this likely is the age of which it was said, "Believe not in friends and trust not in princes," and that the prophecy is now being fulfilled: "The leaders of my people have not known me; they are…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2The Lord rebuke thee, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire?
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In context
1And the Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the Devil stood on his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said to the Devil,
— Zechariah 3:2 —
3Now Joshua was clothed in filthy raiment, and stood before the angel.
4And the Lord answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy raiment from him: and he said to him, Behold, I have taken away thine iniquities: and clothe ye him with a long robe,