“I will remove (A)human and animal life;
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 eliminate mankind from the face of the [b]earth,” declares the Lord.
“So I will (D)stretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will (E)eliminate the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the (F)idolatrous priests along with the other priests.
And those who bow down on the (G)housetops to the heavenly [c]lights,
And those who bow down and (H)swear to the Lord, but also swear by [d](I)Milcom,

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks
  2. Zephaniah 1:3 Lit ground
  3. Zephaniah 1:5 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
  4. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom, the Ammonite god

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