Passage

Turning away and failing to seek

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁶those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him.

Zephaniah 1:6World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The list names those who turn away from following the LORD and those who neither seek him nor inquire about him.

These descriptions follow worship on rooftops and divided oaths. The next line calls for silence because the day of the LORD is near.

What different forms of neglect are joined in this description?