Zechariah 1:4

Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data

"Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Be ye not as your

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

549 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
unto whom the

רִאשׁוֹן

riʼshôwn

H7223

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

50 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

נָבִיא

nâbîyʼ

H5030

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

239 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
have

צָעַק

tsâʻaq

H6817

to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)

199 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

1445 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

כֵּן

kên

H3652

so

737 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

1262 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

7964 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
of

צָבָא

tsâbâʼ

H6635

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...

299 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

283 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
ye now from your

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

613 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

205 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
and from your

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

613 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

מַעֲלָל

maʻălâl

H4611

an act (good or bad)

51 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
but they did not

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

550 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
nor

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

153 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
unto me

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

1262 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

7964 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

Key Terms in This Verse

former H7223

רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

Study H7223 →
doings H4611

מַעֲלָל maʻălâl

an act (good or bad)

Study H4611 →
hearken H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Study H8085 →
cried H6817

צָעַק tsâʻaq

to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)

Study H6817 →
ways H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

Study H1870 →
prophets H5030

נָבִיא nâbîyʼ

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

Study H5030 →
Turn H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

Study H7725 →
hosts H6635

צָבָא tsâbâʼ

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)

Study H6635 →
fathers H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

Study H1 →
hear H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Study H8085 →

Cross References

Psalm 78:8 cross-reference

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Jeremiah 35:15 cross-reference

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve...

Ezekiel 33:11 cross-reference

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, ...

Zechariah 1:3 cross-reference

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

Amos 5:24 cross-reference

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Micah 2:6 cross-reference

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

Hosea 14:1 cross-reference

O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

Nehemiah 9:30 cross-reference

Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

2 Chronicles 30:7 cross-reference

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

Isaiah 31:6 cross-reference

Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

Nehemiah 9:16 cross-reference

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Jeremiah 18:11 cross-reference

Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every...

Acts 3:19 cross-reference

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Jeremiah 44:16 cross-reference

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

Ezra 9:7 cross-reference

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the...

1 Peter 1:18 cross-reference

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

Nehemiah 9:26 cross-reference

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great prov...

Jeremiah 26:5 cross-reference

To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

Acts 26:20 cross-reference

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

Jeremiah 3:12 cross-reference

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will ...

2 Chronicles 34:21 cross-reference

Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, becaus...

Related Passages

Welcome to LOGOS Study

Your complete Bible study toolkit