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Zechariah 1:3

NETBible	Therefore say to the people:¹ The Lord who rules over all² says, “Turn³ to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will turn to you,” says the Lord who rules over all.
NIV © biblegateway Zec 1:3	Therefore tell the people: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the LORD Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the LORD Almighty.
NASB © biblegateway Zec 1:3	"Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Return to Me," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I may return to you," says the LORD of hosts.
NLT © biblegateway Zec 1:3	Therefore, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD Almighty.’
MSG © biblegateway Zec 1:3	So give to the people this Message from GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies: 'Come back to me and I'll come back to you.
BBE © SABDAweb Zec 1:3	And you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord of armies: Come back to me, says the Lord of armies, and I will come back to you.
NRSV © bibleoremus Zec 1:3	Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.
NKJV © biblegateway Zec 1:3	"Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Return to Me," says the LORD of hosts, "and I will return to you," says the LORD of hosts.
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KJV	Therefore say <0559> (8804) thou unto them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; Turn <07725> (8798) ye unto me, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, and I will turn <07725> (8799) unto you, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_.
NASB © biblegateway Zec 1:3	"Therefore say <0559> to them, 'Thus <03541> says <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> , "Return <07725> to Me," declares <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> , "that I may return <07725> to you," says <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ ereiv {V-FAI-2S} prov <4314> PREP autouv <846> D-APM tade <3592> D-APN legei <3004> V-PAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM pantokratwr <3841> N-NSM epistreqate <1994> V-AAD-2P prov <4314> PREP me <1473> P-AS kai <2532> CONJ epistrafhsomai <1994> V-FPI-1S prov <4314> PREP umav <4771> P-AP legei <3004> V-PAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	Therefore <03541> say <0559> to <0413> the people: The Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> says <0559> , “Turn <07725> to <0413> me,” says <05002> the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> , “and I will turn <07725> to <0413> you,” says <0559> the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> .
HEBREW	twabu <06635> hwhy <03068> rma <0559> Mkyla <0413> bwsaw <07725> twabu <06635> hwhy <03068> Man <05002> yla <0413> wbws <07725> twabu <06635> hwhy <03068> rma <0559> hk <03541> Mhla <0413> trmaw (1:3) <0559>

NETBible

Therefore say to the people:¹ The Lord who rules over all² says, “Turn³ to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will turn to you,” says the Lord who rules over all.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “to them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²sn The epithet Lord who rules over all occurs frequently as a divine title throughout Zechariah (53 times total). This name (יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, yÿhvah tsÿva’ot), traditionally translated “Lord of hosts” (so KJV, NAB, NASB; cf. NIV, NLT “Lord Almighty”; NCV, CEV “Lord All-Powerful”), emphasizes the majestic sovereignty of the Lord, an especially important concept in the postexilic world of great human empires and rulers. For a thorough study of the divine title, see T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 123-57.

³tn The Hebrew verb שׁוּב (shuv) is common in covenant contexts. To turn from the Lord is to break the covenant and to turn to him (i.e., to repent) is to renew the covenant relationship (cf. 2 Kgs 17:13).