Zacarias 1:4

4 »”No sean como sus antepasados,a quienes les proclamaronlos profetas de antañoque así dice el SEÑOR Todopoderoso:‘Vuélvanse de su mala conductay de sus malas prácticas’.Porque ellos no me obedecieronni me prestaron atención—afirma el SEÑOR—.

Zacarias 1:4 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 1:4

Be ye not as your fathers
Who lived before the captivity, and misused the prophets and messengers of the Lord, and despised his word, and fell into gross idolatry; the evil examples of parents and ancestors are not to be followed: unto whom the former prophets have cried:
such as Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and others: saying, thus saith the Lord of hosts, Turn now from your evil ways,
and [from] your evil doings;
by their "evil ways" may be meant their idolatrous worship; and by their "evil doings" their immoralities; or, by both, their wicked lives and conversations, both before God and men; from whence they were exhorted by the former prophets to turn, and to reform; even "now", at that present time they prophesied to them, immediately, lest destruction come upon them: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord;
speaking by his prophets, who were sent by him, and came and spoke in his name; so that not hearing them was not hearing him who sent them, and whom they represented.

Zacarias 1:4 In-Context

2 «El SEÑOR está ardiendo en ira contra los antepasados de ustedes.

3 Por lo tanto, adviértele al pueblo que así dice el SEÑORTodopoderoso:»“Vuélvanse a mí,y yo me volveré a ustedes—afirma el SEÑOR Todopoderoso—.

4 »”No sean como sus antepasados,a quienes les proclamaronlos profetas de antañoque así dice el SEÑOR Todopoderoso:‘Vuélvanse de su mala conductay de sus malas prácticas’.Porque ellos no me obedecieronni me prestaron atención—afirma el SEÑOR—.

5 »”¿Dónde están los antepasados de ustedes?¿Acaso los profetas siguen con vida?

6 ¿No se cumplieron en sus antepasadoslas palabras y los decretosque a mis siervos los profetasordené comunicarles?»”Entonces ellos se volvieron al SEÑOR, y dijeron: ‘El SEÑOR Todopoderoso nos ha tratado tal y como había resuelto hacerlo: conforme a lo que merecen nuestra conducta y nuestras acciones’”».