Zephaniah 1:6
both those who turn aside from following after the Lord, and those who have not sought the Lord, nor inquired about him.
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1 Samuel 15:11“It displeases me that I have appointed Saul as king. For he has forsaken me, and he has not fulfilled the work of my words.” And Samuel was greatly saddened, and he cried out to the Lord, all night long
2 Chronicles 15:13“But if anyone,” he said, “will not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, let him die, from the least even to the greatest, from man even to woman.”
Psalms 14:2He who walks without blemish and who works justice.
Psalms 125:5Those who sow in tears shall reap in exultation.
Isaiah 9:12the Syrians from the east and the Philistines from the west. And they will devour Israel with their whole mouth. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.
Isaiah 43:22But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 1:2-7
Zephaniah This prophet is placed last, as he was last in time, of all the minor prophets before the captivity, and not long before Jeremiah, who lived at the time of the captivity. He foretels the general destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and sets their sins in order before them, which had provoked God to bring their ruin upon them, calls them to repentance, threatens the neighbouring nations with the like destructions, and gives encouraging promises of their joyful return out of captivity in… Read the whole commentary →