In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto ^aZechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

 2 The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

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

 4 Be ye not as your ^afathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did ^bnot hear, nor ^chearken unto me, saith the Lord.

 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts ^athought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

 7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,