Vision Four: Israel’s Cleansing

Zechariah 3:1-10 God specifically chose Israel to be a holy nation in which He could manifest His grace and truth to mankind (Ex. 19:5–8). Failing to live up to her elective calling, Israel committed gross immorality and idolatry, resulting in her captivity in Babylon for seventy years. After King Cyrus of Persia conquered Babylon (539 B.C.), the Jewish people were granted permission to retur