Zechariah 6:8-11

Contemporary English Version

⁸he shouted to me, “Those that have gone to the country in the north will do what the Lord's Spirit^[a] wants them to do there.”^[b]

The Chosen Leader

⁹The Lord said to me:

^10-11Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah have returned from Babylonia. Collect enough silver and gold from them to make a crown.^[c] Then go with them to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah and put the crown on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak.^[d]

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Footnotes

6.8 Lord's Spirit: Or “Lord.”
6.8 will do … to do there: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
6.10,11 a crown: Two ancient translations; Hebrew “some crowns.”
6.10,11 Heldai … Jehozadak: Or “Go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah, where you will find Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have returned from Babylonia. Collect enough silver and gold from them to make a crown. Then put it on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak.”