Zechariah 1:2-6

The Lord was very angry with your forefathers.

So tell the people this: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty.

You must not be like your forefathers. They were told by previous prophets: Give up your evil ways, and the evil things you do. But they would not listen or pay any attention to me, says the Lord.

Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, did they live forever?

But didn't all my instructions and warnings that I ordered my servants the prophets to communicate, didn't all that I said happen to your forefathers? So they repented and said, “What the Lord Almighty planned to do to us was what we deserved because of our ways and our actions. He did what he said he would.”