Zechariah 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. Joshua was clothed with filthy garments - The Jewish people were in a most forlorn, destitute, and to all human appearance despicable, condition; and besides all, they were sinful, and the priesthood defiled by idolatry; and nothing but the mercy of God could save them.