Zechariah 1:3

Say to them, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 Turn to me!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts— 1 and I will return to you, says Yahweh of hosts.

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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

2“Yahweh was exceedingly angry with your fathers!

4Do not be like your fathers to whom the prophets cried out previously, saying, “Yahweh of hosts says this: Turn from your evil ways and wicked practices!” But they would not hear and did not pay attention to me—this is Yahweh's declaration.' 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:2and when you return to Yahweh your God and obey his voice, following all that I am commanding you today— you and your children—with all your heart and with all your soul,

2 Chronicles 15:2He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 30:6So couriers went with the letters from the king and his leaders throughout all Israel and Judah, by the command of the king. They said, “You people of Israel, turn back to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may turn back to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

Isaiah 31:6Return to him from whom you have deeply turned away, people of Israel.

Jeremiah 3:12Go and proclaim these words to the north. Say, 1 'Return, faithless Israel!—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not always be angry with you. 1 Since I am faithful—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not stay angry forever. 1

Jeremiah 4:1“If you return, Israel—this is Yahweh's declaration—then it should be to me that you return. 1 If you remove your detestable things from before me and do not wander from me again, 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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