5:11 I will destroy the cities of your land,
and tear down all your fortresses.
5:12 I will remove the sorcery 1 that you practice, 2
and you will no longer have omen readers living among you. 3
5:13 I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst;
you will no longer worship what your own hands made.
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.
2 tn Heb “from your hands.”
3 tn Heb “and you will not have omen-readers.”