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Zephaniah 1:4-6
EasyEnglish Bible
Zephaniah 1:4-6
EasyEnglish Bible
4 I will destroy Judah.
I will remove all the people who live in Jerusalem.
I will remove all those who believe in the false god Baal.
I will remove Baal's priests.[a]
5 Some people stand on the roof tops to worship the sun, the moon and the stars.[b] I will remove those people.
Some people say that they love me. But they say also that they love Malcam (a false god). So I will remove them, too.’[c]
6 ‘I will remove those who have turned away from the Lord.
I will also remove those who decide things without the Lord.
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- 1:4 priests: See 2 Kings 23:5.
- 1:5 the sun, the moon and the stars: Many people in w Judah worshipped the sun and the stars. See 2 Kings 23:11; Jeremiah 19:13; Ezekiel 8:16.
- 1:5 Malcam: The people who worshipped the false god Malcam killed their own children. They thought that it made Malcam happy.
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