13 The (A)houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be (B)defiled like the place Topheth, because of all the (C)houses on whose rooftops they burned [a]sacrifices to (D)all the heavenly [b]lights and (E)poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:13 Or incense
  2. Jeremiah 19:13 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.

29 And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and (A)set this city on fire and burn it, with the (B)houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger.

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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

17 [a]Whoever is on (A)the [b]housetop must not go down to get things out of his house.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:17 Lit The one who
  2. Matthew 24:17 Housetops were flat living areas

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