Verse 5

Zechariah 1:5

Noah Webster Bible

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

אֲבֽוֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם אַיֵּה הֵ֑ם וְ/הַ֨/נְּבִאִ֔ים הַ/לְ/עוֹלָ֖ם יִֽחְיֽוּ

English Translation

Where are your fathers, and the prophets, will they live forever?

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Chapter 1 Context

1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD to Zechariah, the son o... Focus ↗

2 The LORD hath been greatly displeased with your fathers. Focus ↗

3 Therefore say thou to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye to me, saith the LORD of hosts, an... Focus ↗

4 Be ye not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of ho... Focus ↗

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

6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of... Focus ↗

7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year... Focus ↗

8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that w... Focus ↗

9 Then said I, O my LORD, what are these ? And the angel that talked with me said to me, I will show t... Focus ↗

10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath s... Focus ↗

11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have walked... Focus ↗

12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on... Focus ↗

13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comforting words. Focus ↗

14 So the angel that communed with me said to me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am... Focus ↗

15 And I am very greatly displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displease... Focus ↗

16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in... Focus ↗

17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abro... Focus ↗

18 Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. Focus ↗

19 And I said to the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns... Focus ↗

20 And the LORD showed me four carpenters. Focus ↗

21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns which have scattered J... Focus ↗

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