Zechariah 1:1–6

*aIn the eighth month, abin the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, cthe son of Berechiah, cthe son of dIddo the prophet, saying,

2  The Lord hath been †sore displeased with your fathers.

3  Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

efTurn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts,

And egI will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

4  hBe ye not as your fathers, iunto whom the former prophets have cried, saying,

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; fkTurn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings:

But lthey did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

5  moYour fathers, nwhere are they?

And othe prophets, do they live for ever?

6  pBut my words and my statutes, which I commanded qmy servants the prophets,

Did they not ||take hold of your fathers?

And they returned and said, rLike as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us,

According to our sways, and according to our sdoings, so hath he dealt with us.