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'Readers' in the Bible

Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the Lord your God has not given you permission to do such things.

Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByAvoid SorceryGod ForbiddingSorcery

the Philistines called the priests and the omen readers, saying, "What should we do with the ark of the Lord? Advise us as to how we should send it back to its place."

Indeed, O Lord, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. For diviners from the east are everywhere; they consult omen readers like the Philistines do. Plenty of foreigners are around.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentDivination, Practiced ByJacob, The PatriarchPagansSyncretismOut Of The EastRelations With ForeignersAliens

the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,

Verse ConceptsProphecy Abolishedheroes

who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligenceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeFalse WisdomFrustrationCounted As Fools

But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!

Verse ConceptsHarlotsParents Sinwitcheswhores

The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles."

Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthSeersVeilsOccultismGod Not AnsweringShame Will ComeDisappointmentwitchesOccult Being Powerless Before God

I will remove the sorcery that you practice, and you will no longer have omen readers living among you.

Verse ConceptsSorcery And MagicFortunetellingOccultismSorcerymagicwitches

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