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Zechariah 1:5

3 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.

4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
KJV
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
WEB
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
ASV
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
DARBY
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
BLB
Your⁺ fathers, where [are] they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
ÅB
Deres fedre, hvor er de? Og profetene, kan de leve til evig tid?
OTB
"Dine fedre, hvor er de? Og profetene, lever de for evig?
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Eders fedre, hvor er de? Og profetene, kan de leve til evig tid?

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  • 2 Peter 3:2–4

    That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:5

    Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

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  • Psalms 90:10

    The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

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  • Hebrews 9:27

    And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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  • Job 14:10–12

    But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:4

    One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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  • John 8:52

    Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

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