5:10 “In that day,” says the Lord,
“I will destroy 1 your horses from your midst,
and smash your chariots.
5:11 I will destroy the cities of your land,
and tear down all your fortresses.
5:12 I will remove the sorcery 2 that you practice, 3
and you will no longer have omen readers living among you. 4
5:13 I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst;
you will no longer worship what your own hands made.
5:14 I will uproot your images of Asherah 5 from your midst,
and destroy your idols. 6
5:15 I will angrily seek vengeance
on the nations that do not obey me.” 7
1 tn Heb “cut off” (also in the following verse).
2 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 tn Heb “from your hands.”
4 tn Heb “and you will not have omen-readers.”
5 tn Or “Asherah poles.”
6 tn The MT reads “your cities,” but many emend the text to צִרֶיךָ (tsirekha, “your images”) or עֲצַבֶּיךָ (’atsbbekha, “your idols”).
7 tn Heb “I will accomplish in anger and in rage, vengeance on the nations who do not listen.”