Zechariah 1:2

2 "The LORD hath been sorely displeased with your fathers.

Zechariah 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 1:2

The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
] Who lived before and at the time of the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, and which was manifest by their captivity; all which were occasioned by their sins, with which they provoked the Lord to sore displeasure against them; and this is mentioned as a caution to their children, that they might not follow their example, and incur the like displeasure.

Zechariah 1:2 In-Context

1 In the eighth month in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

2 "The LORD hath been sorely displeased with your fathers.

3 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.

4 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.

5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live for ever?