Zephaniah 1:6
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And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor searched after him.

turned.

1 Samuel 15:11 It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.

Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well.

Psalm 125:5 But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.

Isaiah 1:4 Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.

Jeremiah 2:13,17 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. . . .

Jeremiah 3:10 And after all this, her treacherous sister Juda hath not returned to me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will destroy thee: I am weary of entreating thee.

Ezekiel 3:20 Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand.

Hosea 4:15,16 If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth. . . .

Hosea 11:7 And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.

Hebrews 10:38,39 But my just man liveth by faith: but if he withdraw himself, he shall not please my soul. . . .

2 Peter 2:18-22 For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness those who for a little while escape, such as converse in error: . . .

and those.

Psalm 10:4 The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:

Psalm 14:2,3 The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God. . . .

Isaiah 43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, neither hast thou laboured about me, O Israel.

Hosea 7:7 They were all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges: all their kings have fallen: there is none amongst them that calleth unto me.

Romans 3:11 There is none that understandeth: there is none that seeketh after God.

Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? Which, having begun to be declared by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

Context
Zephaniah Prophesies Judgment on Judah
5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses, and them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom. 6And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor searched after him.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:4
Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.

Isaiah 9:13
And the people are not returned to him who hath struck them, and have not sought after the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out thy indignation upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the provinces that have not called upon thy name: because they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have destroyed his glory.

Ezekiel 3:20
Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand.

Hosea 7:10
And the pride of Israel shall be humbled before his face: and they have not returned to the Lord their God, nor have they sought him in all these.

Lexicon
and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

those who turn back
הַנְּסוֹגִ֖ים (han·nə·sō·w·ḡîm)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5472: To move away, backslide

from [following]
מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י (mê·’a·ḥă·rê)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

and
וַאֲשֶׁ֛ר (wa·’ă·šer)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

neither
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

seek
בִקְשׁ֥וּ (ḇiq·šū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

nor
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

inquire of Him.”
דְרָשֻֽׁהוּ׃ (ḏə·rā·šu·hū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship


Additional Translations
and those who turn back from following the LORD and neither seek the LORD nor inquire of Him.”And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.

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

and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.

and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him.

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

And them that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.

those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven't sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.
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