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For they go up to their roofs
    and bow down to the sun, moon, and stars.
They claim to follow the Lord,
    but then they worship Molech,[a] too.
And I will destroy those who used to worship me
    but now no longer do.
They no longer ask for the Lord’s guidance
    or seek my blessings.”

Stand in silence in the presence of the Sovereign Lord,
    for the awesome day of the Lord’s judgment is near.
The Lord has prepared his people for a great slaughter
    and has chosen their executioners.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:5 Hebrew Malcam, a variant spelling of Molech; or it could possibly mean their king.
  2. 1:7 Hebrew has prepared a sacrifice and sanctified his guests.

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