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The Lord Will Purify His People

10 “In that day,” says the Lord,
“I will destroy[a] your horses from your midst
and smash your chariots.
11 I will destroy the cities of your land
and tear down all your fortresses.
12 I will remove the sorcery[b] that you practice,[c]
and you will no longer have omen readers living among you.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:10 tn Heb “cut off” (also in the following verse).
  2. Micah 5:12 tn Heb “magic charms” (so NCV, TEV); NIV, NLT “witchcraft”; NAB “the means of divination.” The precise meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain, but note its use in Isa 47:9, 12.
  3. Micah 5:12 tn Heb “from your hands.”
  4. Micah 5:12 tn Heb “and you will not have omen-readers.”