Passage

Oaths in two directions

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁵those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,

Zephaniah 1:5World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Zephaniah names worship on rooftops and people who swear by the LORD and another authority.

To understand

The passage announces judgment on Judah and Jerusalem. It names people who swear by both the LORD and Malcam. The next line names those who have stopped following the LORD and those who have not sought him.

A question

How does the double oath differ from the people who do not seek the LORD in the next verse?