Micah 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 

Micah 7:13

7:13 The earth will become desolate ⁴ 

because of what its inhabitants have done. ⁵ 

[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.”

[7:13]  ⁴ tn Or “will be ruined.”

[7:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “on account of its inhabitants, because of the fruit of their deeds.”