“I will cut off
Sorceries
From your hand.
You shall have no more soothsayers.
I will cut off
Your images.
I will cut off
Your pillars
From among you.
You shall bow down no more
To the work of your hands.
I will uproot
Your sacred poles
From among you.
I will destroy
Your towns.”
Yahweh was going to do away with all forms of false worship. He wanted the pure worship of Yahweh at his temple in Jerusalem. He was going to do away with all sorceries and soothsayers. He was going to tear down all their false images and pillars. They were not going to bow down before any more man-made images. Yahweh was going to root out their sacred totem poles, and even destroy some of these idol worshipping towns.