Zechariah 1:3
Therefore say thou to them, Thus says LORD of hosts: Return to me, says LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says LORD of hosts.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2LORD was greatly displeased with your fathers.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:2and shall return to LORD thy God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
2 Chronicles 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. LORD is with you while ye are with him. And if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 30:6So the posts went with the letters from the king and his rulers throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye sons of Israel, turn again to LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, th
Isaiah 31:6Turn ye to him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O sons of Israel.
Jeremiah 3:12Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, says LORD, I will not look in anger upon you, for I am merciful, says LORD. I will not keep [anger] forever.
Jeremiah 4:1If thou will return, O Israel, says LORD, if thou will return to me, and if thou will put away thine abominations out of my sight, then thou shall not be removed.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 1:2-7
Zechariah This prophet was colleague with the prophet Haggai, and a worker together with him in forwarding the building of the second temple ( Ezra v. 1 ); for two are better than one. Christ sent forth his disciples two and two. Zechariah began to prophesy some time after Haggai. But he continued longer, soared higher in visions and revelations, wrote more, and prophesied more particularly concerning Christ, than Haggai had done; so the last shall be first: the last in time sometimes proves first in dignity. He… Read the whole commentary →