Zechariah 1:4

Conservative English Version

Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. They were warned by the earlier prophets to give up their evil and turn back to me, but they paid no attention.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:6

Hezekiah's messengers went everywhere in Israel and Judah with the following letter: People of Israel, now that you have survived the invasion of the Assyrian kings, it's time for you to turn back to the LORD God our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshiped. If you do this, he will stop being angry.

2 Chronicles 30:7

Don't follow the example of your ancestors and your Israelite relatives in the north. They were unfaithful to the LORD, and he punished them horribly.

2 Chronicles 34:21

"The LORD must be furious with me and everyone else in Israel and Judah, because our ancestors did not obey the laws written in this book. Go find out what the LORD wants us to do."

Ezra 9:7

Since the time of our ancestors, all of us have sinned. That's why we, our kings, and our priests have often been defeated by other kings. They have killed some of us and made slaves of others; they have taken our possessions and made us ashamed, just as we are today.

Nehemiah 9:16

Our stubborn ancestors refused to obey-- they forgot about the miracles you had worked for them, and they were determined to return to Egypt and become slaves again.

Nehemiah 9:26

In spite of this, they rebelled and disobeyed your laws. They killed your prophets, who warned them to turn back to you, and they cursed your name.

Nehemiah 9:30

For years, you were patient, and your Spirit warned them with messages spoken by your prophets. Still they refused to listen, and you handed them over to their enemies.

Psalm 78:8

They would be different from their ancestors, who were stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful to God.

Isaiah 31:6

People of Israel, come back! You have completely turned from the LORD.

Jeremiah 18:11

So listen to me, people of Judah and Jerusalem! I have decided to strike you with disaster, and I won't change my mind unless you stop sinning and start living right.

Jeremiah 23:22

If they had been in a meeting of my council in heaven, they would have told you people of Judah to give up your sins and come back to me.

Jeremiah 25:8

You refused to listen to me,

Jeremiah 26:5

Again and again I have sent my servants the prophets to preach to you, but you ignored them as well. Now I am warning you that if you don't start obeying me right away,

Jeremiah 3:12

Jeremiah, shout toward the north: Israel, I am your LORD-- come back to me! You were unfaithful and made me furious, but I am merciful, and so I will forgive you.

Jeremiah 3:14

You are unfaithful children, but you belong to me. Come home! I'll take one or two of you from each town and clan and bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 35:15

You refused to listen to my prophets, who kept telling you, "Stop doing evil and worshiping other gods! Start obeying the LORD, and he will let you live in this land he gave your ancestors."

Jeremiah 4:1

The LORD said: Israel, if you really want to come back to me, get rid of those disgusting idols.

Jeremiah 44:16

Jeremiah, what do we care if you speak in the LORD's name? We refuse to listen!

Ezekiel 14:6

Now, Ezekiel, tell everyone in Israel: I am the LORD God. Stop worshiping your disgusting idols and come back to me.

Ezekiel 20:18

So I warned the children not to act like their parents or follow their evil ways or worship their idols.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them that as surely as I am the living LORD God, I don't like to see wicked people die. I enjoy seeing them turn from their sins and live. So if the Israelites want to live, they must stop sinning and turn back to me.

Ezekiel 33:4

If any of these people hear the signal and ignore it, they will be killed in battle. But it will be their own fault, because they could have escaped if they had paid attention.

Daniel 9:6

We have ignored the message your servants the prophets spoke to our kings, our leaders, our ancestors, and everyone else.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return! Come back to the LORD, your God. Sin has made you fall.

Amos 5:24

But let justice and fairness flow like a river that never runs dry.

Micah 2:6

"Enough of your preaching!" That's what you tell me. "We won't be disgraced, so stop preaching!"

Zechariah 1:3

(SEE 1:2)

Zechariah 7:7

My message today is the same one I commanded the earlier prophets to speak to Jerusalem and its villages when they were prosperous, and when all of Judah, including the Southern Desert and the hill country, was filled with people.

Acts 26:20

First I preached to the people in Damascus, and then I went to Jerusalem and all over Judea. Finally, I went to the Gentiles and said, "Stop sinning and turn to God! Then prove what you have done by the way you live."

Acts 3:19

So turn to God! Give up your sins, and you will be forgiven.

1 Peter 1:18

You were rescued from the useless way of life that you learned from your ancestors. But you know that you were not rescued by such things as silver or gold that don't last forever.