Zephaniah 1:4-6

International Children’s Bible

The Future of Judah

⁴“I will punish Judah
    and all the people living in Jerusalem.
I will remove from this place
    all signs of Baal and his priests.
⁵I will destroy those who worship
    the stars from the roofs.^[a]
I will destroy those who worship and make promises
    by both the Lord and the god Molech.
⁶I will destroy those who turned away from the Lord.
    They quit following the Lord and consulting him.

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Footnotes

1:5 roofs In Bible times houses were built with flat roofs. The roof was used for drying things such as flax and fruit. And it was used as an extra room, as a place for worship and as a place to sleep in the summer.