Micah 5:12 (DBY)

Passage

And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.

Nearby Context

Micah 5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots.

Micah 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and overthrow all thy strongholds.

Micah 5:12 And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.

Micah 5:13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more bow down to the work of thy hands.

Micah 5:14 And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sorceries", "hand", "thou", "shalt", and "soothsayers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sorceries" and "hand", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And I will cut off the cities..." into verse 13's "Thy graven images also will I cut...", so "sorceries" and "hand" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sorceries" and "hand" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.