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Micah 5:12

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Micah 5:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:
Micah 5:12 — American Standard Version

Context — Micah 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.
10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:
11and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.
12And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:
13and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands;
14and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.
15And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations which hearkened not.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand, etc.] Such as were formerly practised among the Jews, though forbidden them, and in mystical Babylon, or the antichristian church, whose sorceries are mentioned, (<660921>Revelation 9:21 <661823>18:23); but nothing of this kind will be found in the Christian church, consisting of Jews and Gentiles, in the latter day; all unlawful arts, cheating and juggling in religious matters, will cease, and be no more: and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers; or diviners, that cast a mist over people’s eyes, and deceived them with false appearances of things; that pretended to know times and seasons, when it was or was not a good day to go abroad, or to…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“witchcrafts out of thine hand--that is, which thou now usest.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“I will cut off the cities of thy land - So God promised by Zechariah, “Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls; for I will be unto her a wall of fire round about” Zechariah 2:4-5. The Church shall not need the temptation of human defense; for God shall fence her in on every side. Great cities too, as the abode of luxury and sin, of power and pride, and, mostly, of cruelty, are chiefly denounced as the objects of God’s anger. Babylon stands as the emblem of the whole city of the world or of the devil, as opposed to God. Rup.: “The first city was built by Cain; Abel and the other saints heed no continuing city” Hebrews 13:14 here. Cities then will include (Rup.) “all the tumults…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“I will cut off - God will in mercy to his people take away these occasions of sin. Micah 5:13”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Isa 2:6-8, Isa 2:18, Isa 2:20, Isa 8:19, Isa 8:20, Isa 27:9; Zac 13:2-4; Rev 19:20, Rev 22:15 Micah 5:13”
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