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I will sweep away man and beast,
I will sweep away the birds of the sky
    and the fish of the sea—
    also the stumbling blocks—the wicked.
I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,
    declares Adonai.[a]
“I will stretch out my hand upon Judah
and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place
—the names of the idolatrous priests along with the kohanim,
those bowing down on the roofs
    to the host of the heavens.
those bowing down, swearing to Adonai
    and also swearing by Molech

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 Cf. Matt. 13:41.