Zechariah 1:3

Therefore, say thou unto them: 1 Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 Return ye unto Me, saith Hashem Tzva'os, 1 and I will return to you, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Hashem hath been very angry with your avot.

4Do not be like your avot, 1 unto whom the nevi'im harishonim preached, 1 saying: Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 Turn ye now from your evil ways, 1 and from your evil doings; 1 but they did not hear, 1 nor listen to Me, saith Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:2And shalt return unto Hashem Eloheicha, and shalt obey His voice according to all that I command thee today, thou and thy banim, bekhol levavcha uvekhol nafshecha;

2 Chronicles 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and kol Yehudah and Binyamin. Hashem is with you, while ye be with Him; if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 30:6So the runners went with the iggerot from HaMelech and his sarim throughout kol Yisroel and Yehudah, and according to the commandment of HaMelech, saying, Ye Bnei Yisroel, shuvu (turn, return) unto Hashem Elohei Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yisroel, and He will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the yad of the Kings of Assyria.

Isaiah 31:6Shuvu (turn ye, return) unto Him from Whom the Bnei Yisroel have deeply revolted.

Jeremiah 3:12Go and proclaim these devarim toward the north, and say: 1 Return, thou meshuvah Yisroel, saith Hashem; 1 and I will not cast down Mine anger to fall upon you; 1 for I am chasid (displaying chesed, mercy), saith Hashem, 1 and I will not keep anger l'olam. 1

Jeremiah 4:1If thou wilt make teshuvah, O Yisroel, saith Hashem, 1 return unto Me; 1 and if thou wilt put away thine shikkutzim (abominations) out of My sight, 1 and shalt not waver. + 4:1 to wander 1

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 →

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