Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
filthy garments—symbol of sin (Proverbs 30:12; Isaiah 4:4; Isaiah 64:6); proving that it is not on the ground of His people's righteousness that He accepts them. Here primarily the "filthy garments" represent the abject state temporally of the priesthood and people at the return from Babylon. Yet he "stood before the angel." Abject as he was, he was before Jehovah's eye, who graciously accepts His people's services, though mixed with sin and infirmity.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 3:3:
Leviticus 16:20-22
Jeremiah 50:34
Zechariah 3:1
Zechariah 3:1
Zechariah 3:2
James 1:21
Jude 1:23
Revelation 7:14
Revelation 12:7
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