1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
2 The Lord has been sore displeased with your fathers.
3 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath the Lord of the hosts said; Turn unto me, said the Lord of the hosts, and I will turn unto you, said the Lord of the hosts.
4 Do not be as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus hath the Lord of the hosts said; Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, said the Lord.
5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?