Zephaniah 1:4-5

The Coming Judgment on Judah

4 "I will stretch out my hand against Judah
and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
g and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal
and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,
 5 h those who bow down on the roofs
to the host of the heavens,
i those who bow down and swear to the Lord
and yet swear by j Milcom,

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:4
    And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 19:13
    The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah - all the houses on whose roofs offerings have been offered to all the host of heaven, and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods - shall be defiled like the place of Topheth.'
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:21
    And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." And the people did not answer him a word.
    2 Kings 17:33
    So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
    2 Kings 17:41
    So these nations feared the Lord and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children's children - as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:5
    For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
    1 Kings 11:33
    Because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
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