For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Zephaniah 1:6 - King James 2000 And those that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And those who have drawn back from following the Lord and those who have not sought the Lord nor inquired for, inquired of, and required the Lord [as their first necessity]. American Standard Version (1901) and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him. Common English Bible those turning away from the LORD, those who don’t seek the LORD and don’t pursue him. Catholic Public Domain Version both those who turn aside from following after the Lord, and those who have not sought the Lord, nor inquired about him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor searched after him. |
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in any of his thoughts.
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a descendant of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they have turned away backward.
But you have not called upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel.
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with an open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
For the people turn not unto him that strikes them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Pour out your fury upon the nations that know you not, and upon the families that call not on your name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you are gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary of relenting.
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed themselves out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Have you not brought this unto yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned unto me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says the LORD.
Again, When a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen: there is none among them that calls unto me.
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Else if you do in any way go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.