“I will stretch out My hand against Judah,
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[a]I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place,
The names of the (A)idolatrous[b] priests with the pagan priests—

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:4 Fulfilled in 2 Kin. 23:4, 5
  2. Zephaniah 1:4 Heb. chemarim

“I will stretch out my hand(A) against Judah
    and against all who live in Jerusalem.
I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place,(B)
    the very names of the idolatrous priests(C)

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The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the (A)calf[a] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And [b]its priests shriek for it—
Because its (B)glory has departed from it.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
  2. Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests

The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol(A) of Beth Aven.[a](B)
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,(C)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

13 (A)Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall (B)no more worship the work of your hands;

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13 I will destroy your idols(A)
    and your sacred stones from among you;(B)
you will no longer bow down
    to the work of your hands.(C)

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And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the (A)priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring (B)out of the temple of the Lord all the articles that were made for Baal, for [a]Asherah, and for all [b]the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the [c]constellations, and to (C)all the host of heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:4 A Canaanite goddess
  2. 2 Kings 23:4 The gods of the Assyrians
  3. 2 Kings 23:5 Of the Zodiac

The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers(A) to remove(B) from the temple of the Lord all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel. He did away with the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense(C) to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and to all the starry hosts.(D)

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12 And (A)their houses shall be turned over to others,
Fields and wives together;
For I will stretch out My hand
Against the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord.

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12 Their houses will be turned over to others,(A)
    together with their fields and their wives,(B)
when I stretch out my hand(C)
    against those who live in the land,”
declares the Lord.

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26 This is the (A)purpose that is purposed against the whole earth,
And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
27 For the Lord of hosts has (B)purposed,
And who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
And who will turn it back?”

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26 This is the plan(A) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand(B) stretched out over all nations.
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(C) and who can thwart him?
    His hand(D) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(E)

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(A)They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them (B)and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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Under his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them, and smashed the Asherah poles(A) and the idols. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.(B)

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13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem (A)the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; (B)I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line(A) used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe(B) out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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12 You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.

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12 “You stretch out(A) your right hand,
    and the earth swallows your enemies.(B)

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