Zephaniah 1:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens, those who bow down and swear to the Lord but also swear by Milcom,

Cross References

1 Kings 11:33

This is because he has forsaken me, worshiped Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and has not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my ordinances, as his father David did.

1 Kings 11:5

For Solomon followed Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 18:21

Elijah then came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him.” The people did not answer him a word.

2 Kings 17:32

They also worshiped the Lord and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

2 Kings 17:33

So they worshiped the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations worshiped the Lord but also served their carved images; to this day their children and their children’s children continue to do as their ancestors did.

2 Kings 23:12

The altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz that the kings of Judah had made and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord he pulled down from there and broke in pieces and threw the rubble into the Wadi Kidron.

Isaiah 22:1

The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What has happened that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,

Isaiah 44:5

This one will say, “I am the Lord’s”; another will be called by the name of Jacob; yet another will write on the hand, “The Lord’s,” and adopt the name of Israel.

Isaiah 45:23

By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: “To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.”

Isaiah 48:1

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and who came forth from the loins of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lord and invoke the God of Israel but not in truth or right.

Jeremiah 12:16

And then, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, “As the Lord lives,” as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

Jeremiah 19:13

And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the place of Topheth—all the houses upon whose roofs offerings have been made to the whole host of heaven and libations have been poured out to other gods.

Jeremiah 32:29

The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come, set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal and libations have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

Jeremiah 4:2

and if you swear, “As the Lord lives!” in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall be blessed by you, and by you they shall boast.

Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad and his people settled in its towns?

Jeremiah 5:2

Although they say, “As the Lord lives,” yet they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 5:7

How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of prostitutes.

Jeremiah 7:10

and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, “We are safe!”—only to go on doing all these abominations?

Jeremiah 7:9

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known

Jeremiah 8:2

and they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have followed, and which they have inquired of and worshiped, and they shall not be gathered or buried; they shall be like dung on the surface of the ground.

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.

Hosea 4:15

Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, do not let Judah become guilty. Do not enter into Gilgal or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”

Amos 5:26

You shall take up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, your images, which you made for yourselves;

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

Acts 10:9

About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

Romans 14:11

For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the Lord your God; him you shall serve; to him you shall hold fast; and by his name you shall swear.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And when you look up to the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, do not be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples everywhere under heaven.

Joshua 23:7

so that you may not be mixed with these nations left here among you, or make mention of the names of their gods, or swear by them, or serve them, or bow yourselves down to them,