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Say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return to me—oracle of the Lord[a] of hosts—and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. Do not be like your ancestors to whom the earlier prophets[b] proclaimed: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked deeds.(A) But they did not listen or pay attention to me(B)—oracle of the Lord.— Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, can they live forever?

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Footnotes

  1. 1:3 Oracle of the Lord: a phrase used extensively in prophetic books to indicate divine speech.
  2. 1:4 Earlier prophets: preexilic prophets of the Lord. There are many allusions to them in Zechariah, indicating their influence on the postexilic community (see 7:7, 12).