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What does Zephaniah 1:5 mean?

"those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,"

— Zephaniah 1:5 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

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I 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.

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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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those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,

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those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

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Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

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It will happen in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king’s sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.

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