1:1 大利烏王第二年八月，耶和華的話臨到易多的孫子、比利家的兒子先知撒迦利亞，說：
1:2 「耶和華曾向你們列祖大大發怒。
1:3 所以你要對以色列人說，萬軍之耶和華如此說：你們要轉向我，我就轉向你們。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。
1:4 不要效法你們列祖。從前的先知呼叫他們說，萬軍之耶和華如此說：『你們要回頭離開你們的惡道惡行。』他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。
1:5 你們的列祖在哪裡呢？那些先知能永遠存活嗎？
1:6 只是我的言語和律例，就是所吩咐我僕人眾先知的，豈不臨到你們列祖嗎？他們就回頭，說：『萬軍之耶和華定意按我們的行動作為向我們怎樣行，他已照樣行了。』」
In the eighth month, in the second year of
Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah,
son of Iddo, saying, "The Lord was
very angry with your fathers. Therefore
say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of
hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. Do not be like your fathers, to whom the
former prophets cried out, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil
ways and from your evil deeds. ' But they did not hear or pay attention to me,
declares the Lord. Your fathers, where
are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? But my words and my statutes, which I
commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they
repented and said, 'As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways
and deeds, so has he dealt with us. '"
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上帝透過先知呼求他的子民回轉到祂面前，也就是要他們悔改！
當然不僅以色列人要悔改，我們也要悔改，我們也是上帝按祂形象所造的人，為的是要榮耀上帝的人。我們都因始祖犯罪，以致遠離上帝。上帝的拯救是由以色列人開始，最終是全人類。
因此，我們都要悔改歸向上帝，離棄罪惡，不再行悖逆的道路，要順從上帝的真理而行，靠耶穌基督的寶血，再次蒙悅納！
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