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Zephaniah 1:4

“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—

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ASV

And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

KJV

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְנָטִ֤יתִיve.na.Ti.tiand I will stretch outH5186 →
יָדִי֙ya.Dihand myH3027 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וְעַ֖לve.'Aland onH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
יוֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
וְהִכְרַתִּ֞יve.hikh.ra.Tiand I will cut offH3772 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַמָּק֤וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שְׁאָ֣רshe.'Ar[the] remnant ofH7605 →
הַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'al<the> BaalH1168 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שֵׁ֥םshem[the] name ofH8034 →
הַכְּמָרִ֖יםha.ke.ma.Rimthe pagan priestsH3649 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →

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Romans 11:4And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Jeremiah 15:6You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.Hosea 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.Ezekiel 25:7therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’2 Kings 23:4–5Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.Micah 5:13I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.Deuteronomy 7:24He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.2 Kings 21:13I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.Isaiah 14:26–27This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.2 Chronicles 34:4Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.Jeremiah 6:12Their 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,” declares the LORD.Isaiah 48:19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”Zephaniah 2:11The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.Exodus 15:12You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

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