Zechariah 1:3

God's Word

Tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: Return to me, declares the Lord of Armies, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies.’

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:2

Azariah went to Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 15:4

But when they were in trouble, they turned to the Lord God of Israel. When they searched for him, he let them find him.

Nehemiah 9:28

As soon as they felt some relief, they were again doing what you considered evil. You abandoned them to their enemies, who conquered them. They cried to you again, and you heard them from heaven. You rescued them many times because of your compassion.

Job 22:23

If you return to the Almighty, you will prosper. If you put wrongdoing out of your tent,

Isaiah 31:6

You people of Israel, return to the one whom you have so violently rebelled against.

Isaiah 44:22

I made your rebellious acts disappear like a thick cloud and your sins like the morning mist. Come back to me, because I have reclaimed you.

Jeremiah 12:15

After I’ve uprooted them, I will have compassion on them again. I will return them to their inheritance and to their lands.

Jeremiah 25:5

The prophets said, ‘Turn from your evil ways and the evil you have done, and live in the land that the Lord permanently gave to you and your ancestors.

Jeremiah 3:1

A saying: If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, her first husband shouldn’t go back to her again. The land would become thoroughly polluted. “You have acted like a prostitute who has many lovers. And now you want to come back to me!” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:22

“Come back, you rebellious people, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful.” Here we are! We have come to you because you are the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 35:15

I have sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again. They said, “Turn from your evil ways, do what is right, and don’t follow other gods in order to serve them. Then you will live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors.” However, you refused to listen to me or obey me.

Jeremiah 4:1

The Lord declares, “If you come back, Israel, if you come back to me, if you take your disgusting idols out of my sight and you don’t wander away from me,

Ezekiel 18:19

“But you ask, ‘Why isn’t the son punished for his father’s sin?’ It is because the son has done what is fair and right. He obeyed my rules and followed them. He will certainly live.

Ezekiel 18:31

Stop all the rebellious things that you are doing. Get yourselves new hearts and new spirits. Why do you want to die, nation of Israel?

Ezekiel 18:32

I don’t want anyone to die,” declares the Almighty Lord. “Change the way you think and act!”

Ezekiel 33:11

“Tell them, ‘As I live, declares the Almighty Lord, I don’t want wicked people to die. Rather, I want them to turn from their ways and live. Change the way you think and act! Turn from your wicked ways! Do you want to die, people of Israel?’

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to the Lord your God. You have stumbled because of your sins.

Hosea 14:4

⌞The Lord says,⌟ “I will cure them of their unfaithfulness. I will love them freely. I will no longer be angry with them.

Hosea 6:1

Let’s return to the Lord. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds.

Joel 2:12

“But even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart— with fasting, crying, and mourning.”

Malachi 3:7

Since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my laws and have not followed them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Armies. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’