“I will stretch out my hand against Judah
    and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
(A)and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal
    and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,
(B)those who bow down on the roofs
    to the host of the heavens,
(C)those who bow down and swear to the Lord
    and yet swear by (D)Milcom,[a]
(E)those who have turned back from following the Lord,
    (F)who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king

“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”