Zephaniah 1:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־הַנְּסוֹגִ֖ים מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַאֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־בִקְשׁ֥וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א דְרָשֻֽׁהוּ׃

Transliteration

wəʾeṯ-hannəsôḡîm from-ʾaḥărê YHWH, waʾăšer not-ḇiqšû ʾeṯ-YHWH and-not ḏərāšuhû.

Grammar Details

• *wəʾeṯ*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *hannəsôḡîm*: niphal participle, masculine plural with definite article - the ones turning back/departing
• *ʾaḥărê*: preposition with construct - from after/from following
• *YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton
• *waʾăšer*: conjunction + relative particle - and who
• *ḇiqšû*: piel perfect, 3rd person plural - they have sought
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *ḏərāšuhû*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they have inquired of him

Word Meanings

• *hannəsôḡîm*: the ones turning back/departing/withdrawing/retreating
• *ḇiqšû*: sought/searched for/inquired about
• *ḏərāšuhû*: inquired of him/sought him/consulted him

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:4 : 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged [and gone] backward.
• Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
• Jer 2:17 : 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
• Jer 15:6 : 6 Thou hast rejected me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting.
• Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
• Hos 4:15-16 : 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth. 16 For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
• Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to [him that is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].
• Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.
• 2 Pet 2:18-22 : 18 For, uttering great swelling [words] of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; 19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 {G1161} It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.
• Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.
• Isa 9:13 : 13 Yet the people have not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts.
• 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto Jehovah all night.
• Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Ps 14:2-3 : 2 Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God. 3 They are all gone aside; They are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
• Ps 36:3 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
• Isa 43:22 : 22 Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
• Hos 7:7 : 7 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
• Rom 3:11 : 11 There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;