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“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”

“I will also stretch out my hand against Judah,
    and upon all inhabitants of Jerusalem.
I’ll wipe out every trace of Baal from this place,
    and the name[a] of the pagan priests[b],
        along with my own[c] priests.
I’ll wipe out[d] those who worship the stars
    that they view[e] from their housetops,
those who bow down and swear to the Lord
    and who also swear by Milcom,[f]
those who turn away from the Lord,
    don’t seek the Lord,
        and never ask for his help.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:4 Or authority
  2. Zephaniah 1:4 Lit. the Chemarim; i.e. idol worshiping priests
  3. Zephaniah 1:4 The Heb. lacks my own
  4. Zephaniah 1:5 The Heb. lacks I’ll wipe out
  5. Zephaniah 1:5 The Heb. lacks that they view
  6. Zephaniah 1:5 I.e. the national idol of the Ammonites
  7. Zephaniah 1:6 Lit. and don’t inquire of him