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Zechariah 1:2-4
Contemporary English Version
Zechariah 1:2-4
Contemporary English Version
2-3 Israel, I, the Lord All-Powerful, was very angry with your ancestors. But if you people will return to me, I will turn and help you. 4 Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. They were warned by the earlier prophets[a] to give up their evil and turn back to me, but they paid no attention.
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- 1.4 the earlier prophets: Those who preached before the fall of Jerusalem in either 587 or 586 b.c.
Zechariah 1:2-4
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Zechariah 1:2-4
New International Version
2 “The Lord was very angry(A) with your ancestors. 3 Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return(B) to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’(C) says the Lord Almighty. 4 Do not be like your ancestors,(D) to whom the earlier prophets(E) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways(F) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,(G) declares the Lord.(H)
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