And if you will (A)swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
(B)In truth, in justice, and in righteousness;
Then the (C)nations will bless themselves in Him,
And (D)in Him they will boast.”

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and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings(C) by him
    and in him they will boast.(D)

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And those who bow down on the (A)housetops to the heavenly [a]lights,
And those who bow down and (B)swear to the Lord, but also swear by [b](C)Milcom,

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
  2. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom, the Ammonite god

those who bow down on the roofs
    to worship the starry host,(A)
those who bow down and swear by the Lord
    and who also swear by Molek,[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Hebrew Malkam