Lexicon :: Strong's H7080 - qāsam

“No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire,[fn] practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,

“Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do this.

Along with those the Israelites put to death, they also killed the diviner, Balaam son of Beor, with the sword.

the Philistines summoned the priests and the diviners and pleaded, “What should we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we can send it back to its place.”

Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes and set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I tell you.”

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire[fn] and practiced divination and interpreted omens. They devoted themselves to do what was evil in the LORD’s sight and angered him.

heroes and warriors,

judges and prophets,

fortune-tellers and elders,

who destroys the omens of the false prophets

and makes fools of diviners;

who confounds the wise

and makes their knowledge foolishness;

“So you should not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, fortune-tellers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon! ’

For this is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, and don’t listen to the dreams you elicit from them,

“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not be present in the council of my people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, and they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

“therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will rescue my people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

“For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

“It will seem like false divination to those who have sworn an oath to the Babylonians,[fn] but it will draw attention to their guilt so that they will be captured.

“While they offer false visions

and lying divinations about you,

the time has come to put you

to the necks of the profane wicked ones;

the day has come

for final punishment.

“Her prophets plaster for them with whitewash by seeing false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

Therefore, it will be night for you —

without visions;

it will grow dark for you —

without divination.

The sun will set on these prophets,

and the daylight will turn black over them.

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,

her priests teach for payment,

and her prophets practice divination for silver.

Yet they lean on the LORD, saying,

“Isn’t the LORD among us?

No disaster will overtake us.”

For the idols speak falsehood,

and the diviners see illusions;

they relate empty dreams

and offer empty comfort.

Therefore the people wander like sheep;

they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.