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“I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist
    and destroy every last trace of their Baal worship.
I will put an end to all the idolatrous priests,
    so that even the memory of them will disappear.
For they go up to their roofs
    and bow down to the sun, moon, and stars.
They claim to follow the Lord,
    but then they worship Molech,[a] too.
And I will destroy those who used to worship me
    but now no longer do.
They no longer ask for the Lord’s guidance
    or seek my blessings.”

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  1. 1:5 Hebrew Malcam, a variant spelling of Molech; or it could possibly mean their king.

“So I will (A)stretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will (B)cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the (C)idolatrous priests along with the priests,
And those who worship on the (D)housetops the host of heaven,
And those who worship and (E)swear to Yahweh and yet swear by [a](F)Milcom,
And those who have (G)turned back from following Yahweh,
And those who have (H)not sought Yahweh or inquired of Him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; M.T. Malcam, probably a variant spelling of Milcom