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Zechariah 1:3

RepentanceGod's presenceFaith

1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:

2 “The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’

4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

5 Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

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BSB
So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
KJV
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
WEB
Therefore tell them, the LORD of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says the LORD of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the LORD of Armies.
ASV
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.
DARBY
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.
BLB
Therefore you shall say to them, thus says YHWH of Hosts: ‘Return to Me, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, and I will return to you⁺, says YHWH of Hosts.’
ÅB
Og du skal si til dem: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Vend om til meg, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så vil jeg vende om til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
OTB
Derfor skal du si til dem: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: 'Vend om til Meg,' sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, 'så vil Jeg vende om til dere,' sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
B1930
Og du skal si til dem: Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Vend om til mig, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så vil jeg vende om til eder, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 3:22

    “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.

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  • Malachi 3:7

    Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

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  • Joel 2:12

    “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

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  • Deuteronomy 30:2–10

    and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,

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  • Jeremiah 4:1

    “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,

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  • Jeremiah 12:15

    But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.

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  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

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  • Isaiah 31:6

    Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.

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