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And you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתReturnשׁוּבוּto me,אֵלַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתand I will returnוְאָשׁוּבto you,אֲלֵיכֶםsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Zechariah 1:3
Study it in the app“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Return to me, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and I will return to you, says YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 1:3, word by word
- And you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- Returnשׁוּבוּshuvu
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuvu” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears
The context
2“YHWH was angry with your fathers with anger.
3 · This verse (above)
4Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Turn back, please, from your evil ways and from your evil deeds; but they did not listen, and did not pay attention to me, declares YHWH.