Zechariah 1:3-5

International Standard Version

³ So tell them, ‘This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: “Return to me,” declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, “and I will return to you.^{[a] 4} Don’t be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed: ‘This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: “It’s time to turn from your evil lifestyles^[b] and from your evil actions,” ‘but they would neither listen nor pay attention to me,’” declares the Lord.’ ⁵ “Your ancestors—where are they? And the prophets—do they live forever?