Micah 5:13

Micah 5:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
• New International Version (NIV)I will destroy your idols and your sacred stones from among you; you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and I will cut off your carved images and your pillars from among you, and you shall bow down no more to the work of your hands;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your carved images I will also cut off, And your sacred pillars from your midst; You shall no more worship the work of your hands;

Context of Micah 5:13

11I will cut off the cities of your land And tear down all your fortifications. 12I will cut off witchcrafts and sorceries from your hand, And you shall have no more fortune-tellers. I will also cut off your carved images And your sacred pillars from among you, So that you will no longer worship and bow down To the work of your hands. 14I will root out your Asherim (symbols of the goddess Asherah) from among you And destroy your cities [which are the centers of pagan worship]. 15And in anger and wrath I shall execute vengeance On the nations which have not obeyed [such vengeance as they have not known before].”

Micah 5:13 word by word

וְהִכְרַתִּ֧י פְסִילֶ֛יךָ וּמַצֵּבוֹתֶ֖יךָ מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ וְלֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥ה ע֖וֹד לְמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy graven imagesפָּסִילpesîyl · idolH6456
• also will I cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• and thy standing imagesמַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · pillarH4676
• out of the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• of thee; and thou shalt no more worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of thine handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Micah 5:13

• Isaiah 17:7In that day man will have regard for his Maker, And his eyes will regard the Holy One of Israel [with awe-inspired reverence].
• Ezekiel 6:9Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be exiled, how I have been broken by their lewdness and their adulterous hearts which have turned away from Me, and by their eyes which lust after their idols; and they will loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, for all their repulsive acts.
• Ezekiel 36:25Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.
• Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their transgressions in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. So they will be My people, and I will be their God.
• Hosea 2:16It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord, “That you will call Me Ishi (my husband) And will no longer call Me Baali (my Baal).
• Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us; We will not ride on horses [relying on military might], Nor will we say again to [the idols who are] the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’ For in You [O Lord] the orphan finds love and compassion and mercy.”
• Isaiah 2:8Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their own fingers have made.

Commentaries on Micah 5:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Thy graven images also will I cut off - Thou shalt be no more an idolatrous people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-15Verses 11-15 I will cut off the cities of thy land - So God promised by Zechariah, “Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls; for I will be unto her a wall of fire round about” Zechariah 2:4-5. The Church shall not need the temptation of human defense; for God shall fence her in on every side. Great cities too, as the abode of luxury and sin, of power and pride, and, mostly, of cruelty, are chiefly denounced as the objects of God‘s anger…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the primitive times, were among many nations as the drops of dew, and were made instruments in calling a large increase of spiritual worshippers. But to those who neglected or opposed this salvation, they would, as lions, cause terror, their doctrine condemning them. The Lord also declares that he would cause not only the reformation of the Jews, but the purification of the Christian church. In…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14sacred pillars … Asherah poles: Stones and trees were used for worship. They could symbolize pagan gods. The Asherah poles were green poles or trees representing the goddess Asherah and her fertility powers. The stones and trees might have had sexual meanings—one male, the other female. People viewed Asherah as the mother of gods and the partner of El or Baal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. graven images ... cut off--(Compare Is 2:8, 18-21; 30:22; Zec 13:2). standing images--statues.Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 5:13

• Church
• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Micah (2)
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Commentaries on Micah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings