Zechariah 1:1-6

1In the eighth month of the second year of 1Darius, the word of the Lord came to 2Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of 3Iddo saying, 2“The Lord was very 4angry with your fathers. 3Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “5Return to Me,” declares the Lord of armies, “6that I may return to you,” says the Lord of armies. 4“Do not be 7like your fathers, to whom the 8former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “9Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did 10not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord. 5“Your 11fathers, where are they? And the 12prophets, do they live forever? 6But did My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, not 1314overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘15Just as the Lord of armies planned to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”