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You must say to them: ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts: “Return to me,” declares[a] Yahweh of hosts, “and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of hosts. “Do not be like your ancestors,[b] to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts: “Return from your evil ways and your evil deeds!”’ But they did not hear[c] and they did not pay attention[d] to me,” declares[e] Yahweh. “Your ancestors,[f] where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 1:3 Literally “declaration of”
  2. Zechariah 1:4 Or “fathers”
  3. Zechariah 1:4 Or “listen”
  4. Zechariah 1:4 Or “give heed”
  5. Zechariah 1:4 Literally “declaration of”
  6. Zechariah 1:5 Or “fathers”

Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return(A) to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’(B) says the Lord Almighty. Do not be like your ancestors,(C) to whom the earlier prophets(D) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways(E) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,(F) declares the Lord.(G) Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

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