I will stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all such as dwell in Jerusalem. Thus I will root out the remnant of Baal from this place, and the names of the *Remurins (Chemarims kjv) and priests: yee and such as upon their house tops worship and bow themselves unto the host of heaven: which swear by the lord, and by their Malcolom also: which start back from the Lord, and neither seek after the Lord, nor regard him.

     Judah = praising ...Now understand there is two kinds of praising God ...one of truth and spirit ..of the heart true worship ...and the other of the works of men ...fakery a pretended whoreship ...to lord (small l) over you with the pretense of holiness ...to get you to serve their diverse doctrines ...and empires of religion and churchlieness ...the latter here being ...this fake religiousity and churchlieness will be ROOTED OUT ...

      WHAT IS "Jerusalem" but "NEW JERUSALEM" not of the country of israel ...see Rev for what jerusalem israel is called ..."spiritually sodom and egypt" ...comes the new heaven (not the heaven preached by those of baal ) and NEW EARTH ...(not the world of the worldly) ...

     Baal = of the root Hebrew ...those that "lord" over you ...small "l" worldly lords ...and what are the works of those that serve baal ? ...Prophet Oseas ( Hosea ) 13:1-3 And now they sin more and more: of their silver, they make them molten Images, like the idols of the Heathen, and yet all is nothing but the works of the craftsmen. Not withstanding they preach of the same: who so will kiss the calves, offereth to men. where these OFFER TO MEN...kiss calves ...from the hebrew roots ...to kiss calves ...is to make children of God ...as these claim they do ...making of anyone who will follow them ...a child of God ...as if by their religions or churchlienesses they COULD ...NO nay and hell no ...only Christ can mend and soul heartward to God our Father ...yet look at the proud glory of the religions and churches ...is it NOT the works of the hands ? the work of craftsmen ? ever building more and more temples to themselves (churches) ...and bending peoples necks to pay for their empires ? collecting silver ?

     And of the "remurins" who are these but from the hebrew roots ...those who rise above you ...wanting you ...making you believe...that they... "reveal the will of God" to you ...bullish over you ...these too shall be rooted out ! thank you God and thank you Jesus ...and what do these high and mighty proud religious and churchly remurins and priests do ? they swear by Jesus Christ the very Son of God AND ...by their Malcolom also ...malcolom being: those that swear by "kings of the world" ...having made agreements with worldly kingdumbs and governments ...(as all religions and churches have and do ) ...nevertheless look to the plain matters of this ...when these are wed ...having weddings in their filthy churches ...is not the last thing that the priests say: " before God and by the invested in him by the STATE ...he says ... "now i pronounce you man and wife" OR WORSE and more to the point ...at a funeral ...is it not the same ? for those who have died in the wars of kingdoms? where in such a funeral these false preachers say : this youth of yours died "in the name of GOD AND COUNTRY ??? ...wicked eveil human sacrifice ...

     and start back from the Lord ...? do not all these ministers and priests say ..." i am called of God to do this ?" ...might be they have ....yet have they not gone back ? then ...even if they did truly have a calling ? ...gone back from the spirit and truth ...to serve ....man ...man ...that man of perdition ...

NIV   4 "I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the pagan and the idolatrous priests--5 those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the LORD and who also swear by Molech, [1]6 those who turn back from following the LORD and neither seek the LORD nor inquire of him.7 Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the day of the LORD is near. The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.

KJV   4 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;5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

NASB   4 ""So I will stretch out My hand against Judah And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, And the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests.5 ""And those who bow down on the housetops to the host of heaven, And those who bow down and swear to the LORD and yet swear by Milcom,6 And those who have turned back from following the LORD, And those who have not sought the LORD or inquired of Him.''7 Be silent before the Lord GOD! For the day of the LORD is near, For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, He has consecrated His guests.

RSV   4 "I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Ba'al and the name of the idolatrous priests;5 those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens; those who bow down and swear to the LORD and yet swear by Milcom;6 those who have turned back from following the LORD, who do not seek the LORD or inquire of him."7 Be silent before the Lord GOD! For the day of the LORD is at hand; the LORD has prepared a sacrifice and consecrated his guests.

DARBY   4 And I will stretch forth my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, the name of the Chemarim with the priests;5 and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that bow down to Jehovah, that swear by [him], and swear by Malcham;6 and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him.7 Be silent at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath hallowed his guests.

YLT (youngs lose trans)   4 And stretched out My hand against Judah, And against all inhabiting Jerusalem, And cut off from this place the remnant of Baal, The name of the idolatrous priests, with the priests,5 And those bowing themselves On the roofs to the host of the heavens, And those bowing themselves, Swearing to Jehovah, and swearing by Malcham,6 And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.7 Hush! because of the Lord Jehovah, For near [is] a day of Jehovah, For prepared hath Jehovah a sacrifice, He hath sanctified His invited ones.

NKJV   4"I will stretch out My hand against Judah, And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, The names of the idolatrous priests with the pagan priests-- 5Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;Those who worship and swear oaths by the LORD, But who also swear by Milcom; 6Those who have turned back from following the LORD, And have not sought the LORD, nor inquired of Him." 7Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD; For the day of the LORD is at hand,For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.

Douay (catholic)   4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; I will destroy from this place the last vestige of Baal, the very names of his priests. 5 1 And those who adore the host of heaven on the roofs, with those who adore the LORD but swear by Milcom;6 And those who have fallen away from the LORD, and those who do not seek the LORD. 7 2 Silence in the presence of the Lord GOD! for near is the day of the LORD, Yes, the LORD has prepared a slaughter feast, he has consecrated his guests.

Neviim - The Prophets (Jewish) Tzefaniyah   4 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 idolatrous priests with the priests; 5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to HaShem and swear by Malcam;6 Them also that are turned back from following HaShem; and those that have not sought HaShem, nor inquired after Him. Hold thy peace at the presence of the L-rd GOD; for the day of HaShem is at hand, for HaShem hath prepared a sacrifice, He hath consecrated His guests.