those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Zephaniah 1:6 in context
Zephaniah 1:3–9
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I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
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I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place—the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
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those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,
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those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him.
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Be silent at the presence of the Lord GOD, for the day of the LORD is at hand. For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
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It will happen in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
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In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
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