"For thosenations,whichyou shall dispossess,listento those who practicewitchcraftand to diviners,but as for you, the LORDyour Godhas not allowedyou [to do] so.
Then Godsaidto him in the dream,"Yes,I knowthat in the integrityof your heartyou have donethis,and I alsokeptyou from sinningagainst Me; thereforeI did not letyou touchher.
He made his sonpassthrough the fire,practicedwitchcraftand useddivination,and dealtwith mediumsand spiritists.He didmuchevilin the sightof the LORDprovoking[Him to anger].
For You have abandonedYour people,the houseof Jacob,Becausethey are filled[with influences] from the east,And [they are] soothsayerslike the Philistines,And they strike[bargains] with the childrenof foreigners.
"But as for you, do not listento your prophets,your diviners,your dreamers,your soothsayersor your sorcererswhospeakto you, saying,'You will not servethe kingof Babylon.'
Danielansweredbeforethe kingand said,"As for the mysteryabout whichthe kinghas inquired,neitherwisemen,conjurers,magicians[nor] divinersare ableto declare[it] to the king.
"I will cutoffsorceriesfrom your hand,And you will havefortune-tellersnomore.
"In the generationsgoneby He permittedallthe nationsto gotheir own ways;
"There shall not be foundamong you anyone who makes his sonor his daughterpassthrough the fire,one who usesdivination,one who practiceswitchcraft,or one who interpretsomens,or a sorcerer,
