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?
6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers?“Then they repented and said, ‘Just as the Lord of Hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’”