Zephaniah 1:6

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

And them that are turned back {H5472} from {H310} the LORD {H3068}; and those that have not sought {H1245} the LORD {H3068}, nor enquired {H1875} for him.

those who turned away from following ADONAI, and those who haven't sought ADONAI or consulted him at all."

and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”

and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 2:13 (10 votes)

    For 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 1:4 (10 votes)

    Ah 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 15:6 (9 votes)

    Thou 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 2:17 (8 votes)

    Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

  • Hebrews 10:38 (7 votes)

    Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

  • Hebrews 10:39 (7 votes)

    But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

  • Isaiah 9:13 (7 votes)

    For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.