Zep 1:4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Zeph 1:4-6: 1:4-6 Having pronounced judgment on the whole earth (1:2-3 ), Zephaniah now focuses attention on his own people, Judah and Jerusalem . 1:4 When Zephaniah made this prophecy, before Josiah’s reforms in 622 BC , idolatrous priests rampantly promoted Baal worship and other forms of paganism (2 Kgs 23:5 ).

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‏ Zephaniah 1:4

Summary for Zeph 1:4-6: 1:4-6 ^a Having pronounced judgment on the whole earth (1:2-3 ^b), Zephaniah now focuses attention on his own people, Judah and Jerusalem. 1:4 ^c When Zephaniah made this prophecy, before Josiah’s reforms in 622 BC, idolatrous priests rampantly promoted Baal worship and other forms of paganism (2 Kgs 23:5 ^d).