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Zechariah 1:3

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The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.	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.	Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and [from] your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Therefore say^H559 thou unto them, Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635; Turn^H7725 ye unto me, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, and I will turn^H7725 unto you, saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

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Original Hebrew

וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות שׁוּבוּ אֵלַי נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וְאָשׁוּב אֲלֵיכֶם אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣	ve./'a.mar.Ta	H559	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will say
אֲלֵ/הֶ֗ם	'a.le./Hem	H413	HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
כֹּ֤ה	koh	H3541	HD	thus
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
צְבָא֔וֹת	tze.va.'ot	H6635	HNcbpa	of hosts
שׁ֣וּבוּ	Shu.vu	H7725	HVqv2mp	return
אֵלַ֔/י	'e.La/i	H413	HR/Sp1cs	to/ me
נְאֻ֖ם	ne.'Um	H5002	HNcmsc	(the) utterance of
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
צְבָא֑וֹת	tze.va.'ot	H6635	HNcbpa	of hosts
וְ/אָשׁ֣וּב	ve./'a.Shuv	H7725	HC/Vqi1cs	so/ I may return
אֲלֵי/כֶ֔ם	'a.lei./Khem	H413	HR/Sp2mp	to/ you
אָמַ֖ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
צְבָאֽוֹת	tze.va.'ot	H6635	HNcbpa	of hosts

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H5002 — נְאֻם (nᵉʼum, neh-oom'): from נָאַם; an oracle; (hath) said, saith.
• H6635 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• and — Jeremiah 12:15, Jeremiah 29:12-14, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Hosea 14:4, Micah 7:19-20, Luke 15:21-22
• Turn — Deuteronomy 4:30-31, Deuteronomy 30:2-10, 1 Kings 8:47-48, 2 Chronicles 15:4, 2 Chronicles 30:6-9, Nehemiah 9:28, Isaiah 31:6, Isaiah 55:6-7, Jeremiah 3:12-14, Jeremiah 3:22, Jeremiah 4:1, Jeremiah 25:5, Jeremiah 35:15, Lamentations 3:39-41, Ezekiel 33:11, Hosea 6:1, Hosea 14:1, Joel 2:12, Malachi 3:7, Luke 15:18-20, James 4:8-10

Reciprocal references (17): 2 Kings 17:13, 2 Chronicles 30:7, Ezra 5:1, Job 22:23, Proverbs 29:1, Isaiah 1:16, Jeremiah 18:11, Lamentations 3:40, Ezekiel 18:19, Hosea 12:6, Amos 4:6, Zechariah 1:4, Zechariah 7:7, Malachi 2:2, Matthew 21:34, Mark 12:2, Luke 20:10

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: PENITENCE-IMPENITENCE
• Nave’s: REPENTANCE

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