Zechariah 1:4
Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear nor listen to me, says Yahweh.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- מַעֲלָלmaʻălâlan act (good or bad)
- קָשַׁבqâshabto prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
- רִאשׁוֹןriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼa prophet or (generally) inspired man
- נְאֻםnᵉʼuman oracle
- צָבָאtsâbâʼa mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); b
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 78:8, Psa 106:6–7, Jer 35:15, Ezk 33:11, Zec 1:3, Isa 1:16–19, 2Ch 36:15–16, Mat 3:8–10