Zephaniah 1:6

Which start backe from the Lorde, and neither seke after the Lorde nor regard hym.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Yea & such as vpon their house toppes worship and bowe them selues vnto the hoast of heauen, whiche sweare by the Lorde, and by their Malchom also:

7Be still at the presence of the Lorde God, for the day of the Lord is at hand: yea the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, and called his ghestes therto.

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behinde, and shall deuour Israel with open mouth: After all this is not the wrath of the Lorde ceassed, but yet his hande stretched out styll.

Isaiah 43:22For thou Iacob wouldest not call vppon me, but thou haddest an vnlust towarde 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 →

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