Zephaniah 1:4-6
Amplified Bible
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“I will also stretch out My hand [in judgment] against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will cut off and destroy the remnant of [a]Baal from this place,
And the names and remembrance of the idolatrous priests along with the [false] priests,
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And those who bow down and worship the host of heaven [the sun, the moon, and the stars] [b]on their housetops
And those who bow down and swear [oaths] to [and pretend to worship] the Lord and [yet also] swear by [the pagan god called] Milcom [god of the Ammonites],
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And those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And those who have not sought the Lord [as their most important need] or inquired of Him.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:4 One of the major male gods of Canaan. His female consort was Asherah.
- Zephaniah 1:5 The flat roofs of the houses were often used as convenient places of planetary worship (i.e. Sabeanism, astrology).
Zephaniah 1:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 “So I will (A)stretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will (B)eliminate the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the (C)idolatrous priests along with the other priests.
5 And those who bow down on the (D)housetops to the heavenly [a]lights,
And those who bow down and (E)swear to the Lord, but also swear by [b](F)Milcom,
6 And those who have (G)turned back from following the Lord,
And those who have (H)not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:5 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
- Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom, the Ammonite god
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