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 (c) Malcham;
(c) He alludes to their idol Molech, which was forbidden; read (Leviticus 20:2), yet they called him their king, and made him as a god: therefore he here notes those that will both say they worship God, and yet will swear by idols and serve them: which faltering is here condemned, as in (Ezekiel 20:39; 1 Kings 18:21; 2 Kings 17:33).