Zec 1:1-6. Hist. review. Zec opens w/a call to repentance, but there is encouragement b/c the Lord has not discarded Israel. Anthropopathism/morphism reviewed—God does not get angry; He adjudicates justice according to His +R. The Jews had been disobedient, rejecting His words & killing His messengers (2 Ch 36:15f), but the Lord still loves them, and calls them to return. To turn from the Lord is to break the covenant (2 Ki 17:30), and to return is to repent/renew the cov. (Dt 30:2). Posing two rhetorical questions, Zec warns against delay & doubt. Unlike their forefathers, they need to respond w/obedience, and know God's words will surely overtake them.
