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Zechariah 1:3

So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’

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ASV

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
אֲלֵהֶ֗ם'a.le.Hemto themH413 →
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
שׁ֣וּבוּShu.vureturnH7725 →
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413 →
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
וְאָשׁ֣וּבve.'a.Shuvso I may returnH7725 →
אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lei.Khemto youH413 →
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →

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James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Jeremiah 3:22“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.Malachi 3:7Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tentsJoel 2:12“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”Deuteronomy 30:2–10and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,Jeremiah 4:1“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.Jeremiah 12:15But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.Isaiah 31:6Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.James 4:8–10Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Luke 15:18–22I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.Jeremiah 25:5The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’Lamentations 3:39–41Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?Micah 7:19–20He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.Jeremiah 35:15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.Deuteronomy 4:30–31When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

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