Micah 5:9-13

5:9 Lift your hand triumphantly against your adversaries; ¹ 

may all your enemies be destroyed! ² 

The Lord Will Purify His People

5:10 “In that day,” says the Lord,

“I will destroy ³  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 ⁴  that you practice, ⁵ 

and you will no longer have omen readers living among you. ⁶ 

5:13 I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst;

you will no longer worship what your own hands made.

[5:9]  ¹ tn Heb “let your hand be lifted against your adversaries.”

[5:9]  ² tn Heb “be cut off.”

[5:10]  ³ tn Heb “cut off” (also in the following verse).

[5:12]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “from your hands.”

[5:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and you will not have omen-readers.”