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I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests, those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam, those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

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I will stretch out my hand against Judah
    and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal
    and the name of the idolatrous priests,[a](A)
those who bow down on the roofs
    to the host of the heavens,
those who bow down and swear to the Lord
    but also swear by Milcom,[b](B)
those who have turned back from following the Lord,
    who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.4 Compare Gk: Heb the idolatrous priests with the priests
  2. 1.5 Gk mss Syr Vg: Heb their king