And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord - positive and negative apostasy. Positive, in forsaking the Lord for idols; negative, in ceasing to "seek" after Him in real prayer. The latter is the forerunner of the former: many who do not go so far as open apostasy are virtually guilty of it, inasmuch as they do not "inquire for" the Lord. This verse describes more comprehensively those guilty of defection from Yahweh in any way (Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 2:17, "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").