“I(A) will consume man and beast;
I will consume the birds of the heavens,
The fish of the sea,
And the [a]stumbling blocks along with the wicked.
I will cut off man from the face of the [b]land,”
Says the Lord.

“I will stretch out My hand against Judah,
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[c]I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place,
The names of the (B)idolatrous[d] priests with the pagan priests—
Those (C)who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;
Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,
But who also swear (D)by [e]Milcom;

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 Idols
  2. Zephaniah 1:3 ground
  3. Zephaniah 1:4 Fulfilled in 2 Kin. 23:4, 5
  4. Zephaniah 1:4 Heb. chemarim
  5. Zephaniah 1:5 Or Malcam, an Ammonite god, 1 Kin. 11:5; Jer. 49:1; Molech, Lev. 18:21

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