[Instrumental] [Intro] In the second year of Darius, in the eighth month, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo: [Verse] The LORD was very angry with your ancestors. Say to them: Thus says the LORD of hosts, [Chorus] Return to me— oracle of the LORD of hosts— and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. [Instrumental] [Verse] Do not be like your ancestors to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to me— oracle of the LORD.— [Verse] Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, can they live forever? But my words and my statutes, with which I charged my servants the prophets, did these not overtake your ancestors? Then they repented and admitted: “Just as the LORD of hosts intended to treat us according to our ways and deeds, so the LORD has done.” [Pre-Chorus] Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, can they live forever? [Chorus] Return to me— oracle of the LORD of hosts— and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. [Instrumental] [End]
