Zephaniah 1:4 · KJV
“I will also stretch out mine 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 Chemarims with the priests;”
— Zephaniah 1:4
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. {stumblingblocks: or, idols}
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship {and} that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; {by the...: or, to the LORD}
Zephaniah 1 — Context
I will utterly consume all {things} from off the land, saith the LORD. {I will...; Heb. By taking away I will make an end} {the land: Heb. the face of the land}
3I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. {stumblingblocks: or, idols}
4I will also stretch out mine 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 Chemarims with the priests;
5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship {and} that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; {by the...: or, to the LORD}
6And them that are turned back from the LORD; and {those} that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
Cross References
Hosea 10:5
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof {that} rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. {the priests...: or, Chemarim}
Micah 5:13
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. {standing...: or, statues}
2 Kings 23:4-5
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
Jeremiah 6:12
And their houses shall be turned unto others, {with their} fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
2 Kings 21:13
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as {a man} wipeth a dish, wiping {it}, and turning {it} upside down. {wiping...: Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof}
Isaiah 14:26-27
This {is} the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this {is} the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
2 Chronicles 34:4
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that {were} on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust {of them}, and strowed {it} upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. {the images: or, the sun images} {graves: Heb. face of the graves}
Exodus 15:12
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.