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“And I will stretch out my hand against Judah
    and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will cut off from this place
    the remnant of Baal,
    and the name of idolatrous priests with the priests,[a]
and those who bow down on the rooftops
    to the host of heaven,
and those who bow down, swearing to Yahweh
    but also swearing by Milkom,[b]
and those who turned back from following[c] Yahweh,
    and who did not seek Yahweh,
    and did not inquire of him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:4 The last phrase, “with the priests,” may be a later explanatory gloss
  2. Zephaniah 1:5 Or “their king”
  3. Zephaniah 1:6 Literally “after”

I will stretch out my hand against Judah
        and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
I will eliminate what’s left of Baal from this place
        and the names of the priests of foreign gods,[a]
        those bowing down to the forces of heaven on the rooftops,
            those swearing by the Lord along with those swearing by Milcom,
        those turning away from the Lord,
            those who don’t seek the Lord and don’t pursue him.

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  1. Zephaniah 1:4 Or the name of the priests of foreign gods along with the priests

“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)
those who bow down on the roofs
    to worship the starry host,(D)
those who bow down and swear by the Lord
    and who also swear by Molek,[a](E)
those who turn back from following(F) the Lord
    and neither seek(G) the Lord nor inquire(H) of him.”

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  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Hebrew Malkam