Zacarias 1:4

4 “Não sejam como os seus antepassados aos quais os antigos profetas proclamaram: ‘Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos: Deixem os seus caminhos e as suas más obras’. Mas eles não me ouviram nem me deram atenção”, declara o SENHOR.

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 “O SENHOR muito se irou contra os seus antepassados.

3 Por isso, diga ao povo: Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos: Voltem para mim, e eu me voltarei para vocês”, diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos.

4 “Não sejam como os seus antepassados aos quais os antigos profetas proclamaram: ‘Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos: Deixem os seus caminhos e as suas más obras’. Mas eles não me ouviram nem me deram atenção”, declara o SENHOR.

5 “Onde estão agora os seus antepassados? E os profetas, acaso vivem eles para sempre?

6 Mas as minhas palavras e os meus decretos, que ordenei aos meus servos, os profetas, alcançaram os seus antepassados e os levaram a converter-se e a dizer: ‘O SENHOR dos Exércitos fez conosco o que os nossos caminhos e práticas mereciam, conforme prometeu’.”