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Zephaniah 1:3-5
New American Standard Bible 1995
Zephaniah 1:3-5
New American Standard Bible 1995
3 “I will remove (A)man and beast;
I will remove the (B)birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the [a](C)ruins along with the wicked;
And I will cut off man from the face of the [b]earth,” declares the Lord.
4 “So I will (D)stretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will (E)cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the (F)idolatrous priests along with the priests.
5 “And those who bow down on the (G)housetops to the host of heaven,
And those who bow down and (H)swear to the Lord and yet swear by [c](I)Milcom,
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks
- Zephaniah 1:3 Lit ground
- Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; M.T. Malcam, probably a variant spelling of Milcom
Zephaniah 1:3-5
New International Version
Zephaniah 1:3-5
New International Version
3 “I will sweep away both man and beast;(A)
I will sweep away the birds in the sky(B)
and the fish in the sea—
and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”[a]
“When I destroy all mankind
on the face of the earth,”(C)
declares the Lord,(D)
4 “I will stretch out my hand(E) against Judah
and against all who live in Jerusalem.
I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place,(F)
the very names of the idolatrous priests(G)—
5 those who bow down on the roofs
to worship the starry host,(H)
those who bow down and swear by the Lord
and who also swear by Molek,[b](I)
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
- Zephaniah 1:5 Hebrew Malkam
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