God’s Word Translation
Zephaniah 1:6
6I will remove those who have turned away from following the Lord and those who no longer seek the Lord or ask him for help.”
Zephaniah 1:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.
- New International Version (NIV)those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those who have turned back from following the Lord, And have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”
Context of Zephaniah 1:6
4“I will use my power against Judah and against those who live in Jerusalem. I will remove the faithful few of Baal from this place and the names of the pagan priests along with my priests. 5I will remove those who worship all the stars in the sky on their rooftops and those who worship by swearing loyalty to the Lord while also swearing loyalty to the god Milcom. I will remove those who have turned away from following the Lord and those who no longer seek the Lord or ask him for help.” 7Be silent in the presence of the Almighty Lord, because the day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice. He has invited his special guests. 8“On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice I will punish the officials, the king’s sons, and all who dress in foreign clothing.
Read all of Zephaniah 1Zephaniah 1:6 word by word
וְאֶת־הַנְּסוֹגִ֖ים מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַאֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־בִקְשׁ֥וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א דְרָשֻֽׁהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Zephaniah 1:6
- 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I made Saul king. He turned away from me and did not carry out my instructions.” Samuel was angry, and he prayed to the Lord all night.
- Psalms 36:3The words from his mouth are ⌞nothing but⌟ trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good.
- Psalms 125:5But when people become crooked, the Lord will lead them away with troublemakers. Let there be peace in Israel!
- Isaiah 1:4“How horrible it will be for a nation that sins. ⌞Its⌟ people are loaded down with guilt. They are descendants of evildoers and destructive children. They have abandoned the Lord. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They have turned their backs on him.
- Jeremiah 2:13“My people have done two things wrong. They have abandoned me, the fountain of life-giving water. They have also dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
- Jeremiah 3:10Even after all this, Israel’s treacherous sister Judah didn’t wholeheartedly come back to me. She was deceitful,” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 15:6You have left me,” declares the Lord. “You have turned your back on me. So I will use my power against you and destroy you. I’m tired of showing compassion to you.
- Ezekiel 3:20If righteous people turn from living the right way and do wrong, I will make them stumble, and they will die. If you don’t warn them, they will die because of their sin, and the right things they did will not be remembered. I will hold you responsible for their deaths.
- Hosea 4:15“Israel, you act like a prostitute. Don’t let Judah become guilty too. Don’t go to Gilgal. Don’t go to Beth Aven. Don’t take the oath, ‘As the Lord lives. …’
- Hosea 11:7My people are determined to turn away from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will not pardon them.
- Hebrews 10:38The person who has God’s approval will live by faith. But if he turns back, I will not be pleased with him.”
- 2 Peter 2:18They arrogantly use nonsense to seduce people by appealing to their sexual desires, especially to sexual freedom. They seduce people who have just escaped from those who live in error.
- Psalms 10:4He turns up his nose ⌞and says⌟, “God doesn’t care.” His every thought ⌞concludes⌟, “There is no God.”
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God.
- Isaiah 43:22Jacob, you have not prayed to me. Israel, you have grown tired of me.
- Hosea 7:7They are all as hot as an oven. They consume their judges ⌞like a fire⌟. All their kings die in battle, and none of them calls to me.
Commentaries on Zephaniah 1:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Them that are turned back - Who have forsaken the true God, and become idolaters. Nor inquired for him - Have not desired to know his will.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And them that are turned back from - (Literally, have turned themselves back from following after) the Lord From this half-service, the prophet goes on to the avowed neglect of God, by such as wholly fall away from Him, not setting His will or law before them, “but turning away from” Him. It is their misery that they were set in the right way once, but themselves “turned themselves back,” now no longer “following” God, but “their own lusts, drawn away and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6After judging the entire earth (Zephaniah 1:2–3), Zephaniah now focuses on his own people, Judah and Jerusalem.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. This verse describes more comprehensively those guilty of defection from Jehovah in any way (Jr 2:13, 17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zephaniah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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