Mikha 5:12

5:12 I will remove the sorcery ¹  that you practice, ² 

and you will no longer have omen readers living among you. ³ 

Mikha 3:7

3:7 The prophets ⁴  will be ashamed;

the omen readers will be humiliated.

All of them will cover their mouths, ⁵ 

for they will receive no divine oracles.” ⁶ 

[5:12]  ¹ 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.

[5:12]  ² tn Heb “from your hands.”

[5:12]  ³ tn Heb “and you will not have omen-readers.”

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Or “seers.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Or “the mustache,” or perhaps “the beard.” Cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV “cover their lips.”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “for there will be no answer from God.”