Zechariah 1:1-3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A Plea for Repentance

1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius,^(A) the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah^(B) son of Berechiah, son of Iddo: ² ‘The Lord was extremely angry with your ancestors.^{(C) 3} So tell the people, “This is what the Lord of Armies says: Return to me – this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies – and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies.^(D)