1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the Lord’s word came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
2 “The Lord was very displeased with your fathers.
3 Therefore tell them: the Lord of Hosts says: ‘Return to me,’ says the Lord of Hosts, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the Lord of Hosts.
4 Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: the Lord of Hosts says, ‘Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear, nor listen to me, says the Lord.
5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?