Charmers and Charming

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.”

““For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.”

“casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.”

“Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,”

“refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.”