God’s Word Translation
Micah 5:12
12I will destroy your sorcerers, and you will have no more fortunetellers.
Micah 5:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
- New International Version (NIV)I will destroy your witchcraft and you will no longer cast spells.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will cut off sorceries from your hand, And you shall have no soothsayers.
Context of Micah 5:12
10“When that day comes,” declares the Lord, “I will destroy your horses and demolish your chariots. 11I will destroy the cities in your land and tear down all your fortresses. I will destroy your sorcerers, and you will have no more fortunetellers. 13I will destroy your idols and your sacred monuments. You will no longer worship what your hands have made. 14I will pull out your poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. I will wipe out your cities.
Read all of Micah 5Micah 5:12 word by word
וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י כְשָׁפִ֖ים מִיָּדֶ֑ךָ וּֽמְעוֹנְנִ֖ים לֹ֥א יִֽהְיוּ־לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Micah 5:12
- Isaiah 2:6Lord, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob, because they are filled with Eastern influences. They are fortunetellers like the Philistines, and they make deals with foreigners.
- Isaiah 8:19People will say to you, “Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter.” Shouldn’t people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living?
- Isaiah 27:9In this way the wrongdoings of the descendants of Jacob are covered up. This is the way they will turn from their sins— when they turn all the altar stones into powdered chalk and no poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah or incense altars are left standing.
- Zechariah 13:2“On that day,” declares the Lord of Armies, “I will wipe away the names of the idols from the land. They will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the ⌞false⌟ prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
- Revelation 19:20The beast and the false prophet who had done miracles for the beast were captured. By these miracles the false prophet had deceived those who had the brand of the beast and worshiped its statue. Both of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- Revelation 22:15Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual sinners, murderers, idolaters, and all who lie in what they say and what they do.
Commentaries on Micah 5:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-15Verses 11-15 I will cut off the cities of thy land - So God promised by Zechariah, “Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls; for I will be unto her a wall of fire round about” Zechariah 2:4-5. The Church shall not need the temptation of human defense; for God shall fence her in on every side. Great cities too, as the abode of luxury and sin, of power and pride, and, mostly, of cruelty, are chiefly denounced as the objects of God‘s anger…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the primitive times, were among many nations as the drops of dew, and were made instruments in calling a large increase of spiritual worshippers. But to those who neglected or opposed this salvation, they would, as lions, cause terror, their doctrine condemning them. The Lord also declares that he would cause not only the reformation of the Jews, but the purification of the Christian church. In…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-14The Lord’s actions, both for and against his people, cleanse them. He removed practices and objects that Israel had taken from the pagan cultures of Mesopotamia and Canaan.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. witchcrafts out of thine hand--that is, which thou now usest.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Micah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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