Zephaniah 1:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ and those bowing down to the host of the heavens on the house-tops, and those bowing themselves, swearing by יהוה  and swearing by Malkam;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And those who worship the starry host of the heavens upon their housetops and those who [pretend to] worship the Lord and swear by and to Him and yet swear by and to [the heathen god Molech or] Malcam [their idol king],

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;

Common English Bible

⁵ those bowing down to the forces of heaven on the rooftops, those swearing by the LORD along with those swearing by Milcom,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ and those who adore the military campaign over the ceiling of the sky, both those who adore and swear by the Lord, and those who swear by Melchom,

Zephaniah 1:5 Cross References

1 Kings 11:33

‘Because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth the mighty one of the Tsiḏ

1 Kings 11:5

And Shelomoh went after Ashtoreth the mighty one of the Tsiḏ

1 Kings 18:21

And Ě

2 Kings 17:32

They also feared יהוה, and from every class they made for themselves priests of the high places, who offered for them in the house of the high places.

2 Kings 17:33

They were fearing יהוה, and they were serving their own mighty ones, according to the ruling of the nations from among whom they had been exiled.

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations were fearing יהוה, and served their carved images, both their children and their children’s children. As their fathers did, they are doing to this day.

2 Kings 23:12

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Aḥ

Isaiah 22:1

The message concerning the Valley of Vision. What troubles you now, that you have all gone up to the house-tops,

Isaiah 44:5

“One says, ‘I belong to יהוה ; another calls himself by the name of Yaʽ

Isaiah 45:23

“I have sworn by Myself, a word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, so that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue swear.

Isaiah 48:1

“Hear this, O house of Yaʽ

Jeremiah 12:16

“And it shall be, if they learn well the ways of My people, to swear by My Name, ‘As יהוה  lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baʽ

Jeremiah 19:13

“And the houses of Yerushalayim and the houses of the sovereigns of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 32:29

“And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to Baʽ

Jeremiah 4:2

and shall swear, ‘As יהוה  lives,’ in truth, in right-ruling, and in righteousness – then nations shall bless themselves in Him, and they shall boast in Him!”

Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites: Thus said יהוה, “Has Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 5:2

“Even when they say, ‘As יהוה  lives,’ they swear falsely, for certain.”

Jeremiah 5:7

“Why should I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those that are not mighty ones. When I had filled them up, they then committed adultery and they thronged to the house of a whore.

Jeremiah 7:10

“And you came and stood before Me in this house which is called by My Name, and said, ‘We have been delivered’ – in order to do all these abominations!

Jeremiah 7:9

stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, and swearing falsely, and burning incense to Baʽ

Jeremiah 8:2

and shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of the heavens, which they have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked, which they have sought, and to which they have bowed themselves. They shall not be gathered nor buried, they shall be for dung on the face of the earth.

Hosea 10:2

Their heart has been slippery, now they are guilty. He breaks down their altars, He destroys their pillars.

Hosea 4:15

“Though you are a whore, Yisra’ĕ

Amos 5:26

but you took up Sikkuth your sovereign and Kiyyun, your idols, your astral mighty ones, which you made for yourselves!

Matthew 6:24

“No one is able to serve two masters, for either he shall hate the one and love the other, or else he shall cleave to the one and despise the other. You are not able to serve Elohim and mammon.

Acts 10:9

And on the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Kĕ

Romans 14:11

For it has been written, “As I live, says יהוה, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to Elohim.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

“Fear יהוה  your Elohim. Serve Him, and cling to Him, and swear by His Name.

Deuteronomy 4:19

and lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and shall see the sun, and the moon, and the stars – all the host of the heavens – and you be drawn away into bowing down to them and serving them, which יהוה  your Elohim has allotted to all the peoples under all the heavens.

Joshua 23:7

so as not to go in among these nations, these who remain among you. And make no mention of the name of their mighty ones,a nor swear by them, nor serve them nor bow down to them.