ASTROLOGERS in the Bible

 

 

ASTROLOGER 

In the Bible, astrologers are defined as 

Chaldean practitioners, enchanters, or "star-gazers" who claimed to predict future events by interpreting the movements of heavenly bodies, often functioning as part of pagan royal courts. The scriptures consistently condemn this practice as a form of forbidden divination. 

Key Biblical Definitions and Context:

• Definition: The Hebrew term 'ashshaph is used in Daniel to describe these practitioners as enchanters or conjurers who specialized in interpreting omens from the stars.
• Association: They are closely grouped with sorcerers, magicians, and "wise men" (specifically Chaldeans), particularly in Babylon.
• Key Passages:
  • Daniel 2:2, 27: Shows Nebuchadnezzar summoning astrologers who fail to interpret his dream, highlighting their inability to know hidden things compared to divine revelation.
  • Isaiah 47:13: Explicitly mocks "astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators," saying they cannot save themselves from coming judgment.
  • Deuteronomy 18:10-12: Lists stargazing and sorcery as practices forbidden to Israel.
• Biblical View: Astrology is viewed as a false practice because it attributes to stars the power that belongs to God alone, making it a form of idolatry and defiance of divine sovereignty.

1.     Isaiah 47:13  All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your ASTROLOGERS come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you.

 

2.     Daniel 2:2  So the king summoned the MAGICIANS, enchanters, sorcerers and ASTROLOGERS come to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king,

 

3.     Daniel 2:4  Then the ASTROLOGERS come answered the king, “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

 

4.     Daniel 2:5  The king replied to the ASTROLOGERS come, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble.

 

5.     Daniel 2:10  The ASTROLOGERS come answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any MAGICian or enchanter or ASTROLOGER.

 

6.     Daniel 3:8  At this time some ASTROLOGERS come came forward and denounced the Jews.

 

7.     Daniel 4:7  When the MAGICIANS, enchanters, ASTROLOGERS and DIVINERS came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.

 

8.     Daniel 5:7  The king summoned the enchanters, ASTROLOGERS and DIVINERS. Then he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

 

9.     Daniel 5:11  There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the MAGICIANS, enchanters, ASTROLOGERSand DIVINERS.