Zechariah 1:1-3

Contemporary English Version

Turn to the Lord

1 ^(A) I am the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo.

In the eighth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia,^[a] the Lord told me to say:

^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.