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Zephaniah 1:4

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I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,

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Zephaniah 1:4 in other translations

And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

Zephaniah 1:4 · American Standard Version

Zephaniah 1:4 in context

  1. 2I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
  2. 3I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
  3. 4I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
  4. 5those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
  5. 6those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.