Zechariah 1:3-5

Contemporary English Version

^2-3 Israel, I, the Lord All-Powerful, was very angry with your ancestors. But if you people will return to me, I will turn and help you. ⁴ Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. They were warned by the earlier prophets^[a] to give up their evil and turn back to me, but they paid no attention.

⁵ Where are your ancestors now? Not even prophets live forever.