4 “So I will astretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will bcut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the cidolatrous priests along with the priests,
5 And those who worship on the ahousetops the host of heaven,
And those who worship and bswear to Yahweh and yet swear by cMilcom,
6 And those who have aturned back from following Yahweh,
And those who have bnot sought Yahweh or inquired of Him.”
The Day of Yahweh Is Near
7 aBe silent before Lord Yahweh!
For the bday of Yahweh is near,
For Yahweh has prepared a csacrifice;
He has dset apart His guests.
8 “Then it will be on the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice
That I will apunish the princes, the king’s sons,
And all who clothe themselves with bforeign garments.
9 And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold,
Who fill the house of their Lord with aviolence and deceit.
10 And it will be in that day,” declares Yahweh,
“That there will be the sound of a cry from the aFish Gate
And a wail from the bSecond Quarter
And a great destruction from the chills.
11 Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar,
For all the people of aCanaan will be silenced;
All who weigh out bsilver will be cut off.
12 And it will be at that time
That I will asearch Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the men
Who are bstagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
‘Yahweh will cnot do good or evil!’