'Seeking' in the Bible

but wrath and indignation to those who are self-seeking and disobey the truth but are obeying unrighteousness;

There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.

for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, 'I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;'

“Lord, they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.”

What, then, does this mean? It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the selected group obtained it while the rest were hardened.