those who bow down on the roofs
    to worship the starry host,
those who bow down and swear by the Lord
    and who also swear by Molek,[a]
those who turn back from following the Lord
    and neither seek the Lord nor enquire of him.’

Be silent before the Sovereign Lord,
    for the day of the Lord is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
    he has consecrated those he has invited.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Hebrew Malkam