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Zephaniah first targets religious corruption in Judah and Jerusalem. He mentions Baal, idolatrous priests, astral worship, and people who mix worship of the LORD with oaths to other gods (Zephaniah 1:4–5).
4I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
5those who worship the host of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,