KJV King James Version
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
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Zephaniah 1:6
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
WEB World English Bible
those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.
ASV American Standard Version
and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.
Surrounding context — Zephaniah 1
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD [is] at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
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Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.Jeremiah 15:6Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.Jeremiah 2:17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?Ezekiel 3:20Again, When a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.Jeremiah 3:10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.Isaiah 9:13For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.Hebrews 10:38-39Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.Hosea 11:7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt [him].2 Peter 2:18-22For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.Hosea 4:15-16Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.Psalm 10:4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.Psalm 125:5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.1 Samuel 15:11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.Hebrews 2:3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];Psalm 36:3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.Psalm 14:2-3The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.Hosea 7:7They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.
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