John Gill Commentary Zechariah 1:2

"Jehovah was sore displeased with your fathers." — Zechariah 1:2 (ASV)

The Lord has been sore displeased with your fathers .
] Who lived before and at the time of the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, and which was manifest by their captivity; all which were occasioned by their sins, with which they provoked the Lord to sore displeasure against them; and this is mentioned as a caution to their children, that they might not follow their example, and incur the like displeasure.