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“The Lord was very angry with your ancestors. 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] 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.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 1:3 Lit. you,” declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies
  2. Zechariah 1:4 Lit. paths

“The Lord was very angry(A) with your ancestors. Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return(B) to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’(C) says the Lord Almighty. Do not be like your ancestors,(D) to whom the earlier prophets(E) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways(F) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,(G) declares the Lord.(H)

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