1. In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Adonai came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah son of Iddo, saying:
2. “Adonai has been furious with your fathers.
3. Therefore tell them, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, ‘Return to Me’—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—‘and I will return to you,’ says Adonai-Tzva’ot.