Zephaniah 1:4

Judah's Impending Judgment

³ I will sweep away man and animal;
I will sweep away the birds of the sky
and the fish of the sea,
and the ruins along with the wicked.
I will cut off mankind
from the face of the earth.
This is the Lord’s declaration. ⁴ I will stretch out My hand against Judah
and against all the residents of Jerusalem.
I will cut off every vestige of Baal
from this place,
the names of the pagan priests
along with the priests;
⁵ those who bow in worship on the rooftops
to the heavenly host;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord
but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;

Inhabitants of Jerusalem

Judah and Jerusalem

Stretch Out My Hand

Baal

Chemarim

Chemarims

Jerusalem

Judah

Hosea 10:5

The residents of Samaria will have anxiety
over the calf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.
It will certainly depart from them.

2 Kings 23:4-5

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the doorkeepers to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and the whole heavenly host. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Exodus 15:12

You stretched out Your right hand,
and the earth swallowed them.

2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used on Samaria and the mason’s level used on the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.

2 Chronicles 34:4

Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he chopped down the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

Isaiah 14:26-27

This is the plan prepared
for the whole earth,
and this is the hand stretched out
against all the nations.

Jeremiah 6:12

Their houses will be turned over to others,
their fields and wives as well,
for I will stretch out My hand
against the inhabitants of the land.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Micah 5:13

I will remove your carved images
and sacred pillars from you
so that you will not bow down again
to the work of your hands.