Zephaniah 1:4-9
New Catholic Bible
4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah
and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
I will wipe out from this place every remnant of Baal,
the very name of his idolatrous priests:
5 those who bow down on the roofs
to worship the host of the heavens,
and those who prostrate themselves before the Lord
but swear by Milcom,
6 and those who have turned their backs on the Lord,
and those who do not seek him.
7 Keep silent in the presence of the Lord God,
for the day of the Lord is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
he has consecrated his guests.
8 On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice,
I will punish the officials and the king’s sons,
and all those who clothe themselves in foreign apparel.
9 On that day I will punish
all who leap over the threshold[a]
and fill the house of their master
with violence and deceit.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:9 Over the threshold: the avoidance of stepping on the threshold is probably connected with the “rite of the threshold”: that is, of entering and leaving the temple without setting one’s foot on the threshold.
