2Ch 24:20-22, Zec 1:1, Mat 23:35 | ESV | STEP | Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest , and he stood above the people , and said to them, Thus says God , Why do you break the commandments of the Lord , so that you cannot prosper ? Because you have forsaken the Lord , he has forsaken you.

2 Chronicles 24:20-22

Joash’s Treachery

20 ^aThen the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah ^bthe son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ^c‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? ^dBecause you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21 But ^ethey conspired against him, ^fand by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see ^gand avenge!” ^{▼▼Hebrew and seek}

Zechariah 1:1

A Call to Return to the Lord

1 In the eighth month, ⁱin the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet ^jZechariah, the son of ^kBerechiah, son of ^lIddo, saying,

Matthew 23:35

35 so that on you may come all ^mthe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ⁿAbel to the blood of ^oZechariah the son of Barachiah, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah} whom you murdered between ^qthe sanctuary and ^rthe altar.