Micah - 5:12



12 I will destroy witchcraft from your hand; and you shall have no soothsayers.

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Explanation and meaning of Micah 5:12.

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And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more'soothsayers:
and I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and there shall be no divinations in thee.
And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more sooth-sayers:
And have cut off sorcerers out of thy hand, And observers of clouds thou hast none.
I will put an end to your use of secret arts, and you will have no more readers of signs:
and I will take away evil-doing from your hand, and there will be no divinations among you.
Et excidam angures (vel, divinos) e manu tua; et praestigiatores non erunt tibi (haec lengenda sunt in uno contextu;)

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

I will cut off witchcrafts - Thou shalt seek help only in Jehovah thy God. They have had neither soothsayers, images, groves, nor high places, from the captivity to the present day.

And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand,.... Such as were formerly practised among the Jews, though forbidden them, and in mystical Babylon, or the antichristian church, whose sorceries are mentioned, Revelation 9:21; but nothing of this kind will be found in the Christian church, consisting of Jews and Gentiles, in the latter day; all unlawful arts, cheating and juggling in religious matters, will cease, and be no more:
and thou shalt have no more soothsayers; or diviners, that cast a mist over people's eyes, and deceived them with false appearances of things; that pretended to know times and seasons, when it was or was not a good day to go abroad, or to make merchandise; that judged by the clouds, and by the position of the heavens, what would come to pass hereafter; and though such sort of men were formerly indulged, connived at, and caressed among the Jews, they should be so no more; nor should they apply to such persons for advice and counsel; nor would they need it, nor should they use it; see Deuteronomy 18:10.

witchcrafts out of thine hand--that is, which thou now usest.

I will cut off - God will in mercy to his people take away these occasions of sin.

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