challenge to repent (cf. Zech. 1:3). Yet, apparently unwilling to admit the sins on their part needing repentance (also cf. v. 8b), the invitation to return is met with another cynical query, asking how they can return when, from their perspective, they haven’t left—God has. The truth was, God hasn’t changed and neither have they; He was as righteous as ever and they as unrighteous. 3:8–12 In answer to their query about how they have deviated from God’s way and need to return, the prophet picked