Zechariah 1:3

Translations

Modern

So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’

Traditional

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

Literal

Therefore you shall say to them, thus says YHWH of Hosts: ‘Return to Me, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, and I will return to you, says YHWH of Hosts.’

Latin

Et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Convertimini ad me, ait Dominus exercituum, et convertar ad vos, dicit Dominus exercituum.

Original

Hebrew

English

So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’

Notes

Zechariah 1:3

the LORD of Hosts: God has an infinite number of angelic troops ready to do his will (see 2 Kings 6:17; Matthew 26:53). The phrase was probably meant to be an encouragement to the Judeans.
Return to me: Repentance means a complete change. It is a move away from sin and self towards loyalty to God and his covenant (see Isaiah 44:22; Malachi 3:7; see also Psalms 80:3–14; 85:4–8).

Zechariah 1:1–6

The prelude identifies the book’s themes as repentance and spiritual renewal, and establishes a tone of hope and encouragement.

Theme notes and profiles

Returning to the Lord

Events

Prophecies of Zechariahc. 520 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 3:22
“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
Malachi 3:7
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Joel 2:12
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
Deuteronomy 30:2–10
…and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
Jeremiah 4:1
“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,
Isaiah 31:6
Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
Jeremiah 12:15
But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
Luke 15:18–22
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
James 4:8–10
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Jeremiah 35:15
Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

Parallels

Jeremiah 3:11–25 Hosea 14:1–3

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Apocalyptic Barachiah, Barachias Berechiah Iddo Zechariah (Person) Zechariah, Book of

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