Zec 1:4-6 | ESV | STEP | Do not be like your fathers , to whom the former prophets cried out , Thus says the Lord of hosts , Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds . But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord .

a[Ps. 78:8]

bSee 2 Chr. 36:15

c[See ver. 3 above]

d ch. 7:11; 2 Chr. 36:16; See Jer. 35:15

e[John 8:52]

f[Isa. 40:8; Matt. 24:35]

gSee Dan. 9:6

Zechariah 1:4-6

4 ^aDo not be like your fathers, ^bto whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^cReturn from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But ^dthey did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. 5 Your fathers, where are they? And ^ethe prophets, do they live forever? 6 ^fBut my words and my statutes, which I commanded ^gmy servants the prophets, did they not ^hovertake your fathers? So they repented and said, ⁱ‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for ^jour ways and ^kdeeds, so has he dealt with us.’”