Zec 1:6 | NET2full | STEP | But have my words and statutes , which I commanded my servants the prophets , not outlived your fathers ? Then they paid attention and confessed , ‘The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways .’”

‏ Zechariah 1:6

6 But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? ^{▼▼tc BHS suggests אֶתְכֶם (ʾetkhem, “you”) for the MT אֲבֹתֵיכֶם (ʾavotekhem, “your fathers”) to harmonize with v. 4. In v. 4 the ancestors would not turn but in v. 6 they appear to have done so. The subject in v. 6, however, is to be construed as Zechariah’s own listeners.} Then they paid attention ^{▼▼tn Heb “they turned” (so ASV). Many English versions have “they repented” here; cf. CEV “they turned back to me.”} and confessed, ‘The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”

‏ Zechariah 1:6

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