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N the eighth month, 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,


 * Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
 * 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.
 * Be ye not as your fathers, 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 not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.
 * Your fathers, where are they?
 * And the prophets, do they live for ever?
 * 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 thought to do unto us,
 * According to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.