Micah 5:15

Micah 5:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
• New International Version (NIV)I will take vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations that have not obeyed me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury On the nations that have not heard.”

Context of Micah 5:15

13I 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]. And in anger and wrath I shall execute vengeance On the nations which have not obeyed [such vengeance as they have not known before].”

Micah 5:15 word by word

וְעָשִׂ֜יתִי בְּאַ֧ף וּבְחֵמָ֛ה נָקָ֖ם אֶת־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will executeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• vengeanceנָקָםnâqâm · vengeanceH5359
• in angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• and furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• upon the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• such as they have not heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085

Commentaries on Micah 5:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15I will execute vengeance - upon the heathen - And he did so; for the empires of the Assyrians, Chaldeans, and others, the sworn enemies of the Jews, have long since been utterly destroyed.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. 7-15God did not aim to create just another nation (Exodus 19:4–6; Numbers 23:9; Jeremiah 7:23). He wanted his own people to follow his ways and be holy like him (Leviticus 11:45). In that time (Micah 5:10), God will lead a redeemed and purified people, free from violence and the damage of war.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. vengeance ... such as they have not heard--or, as the Hebrew order favors, "the nations that have not hearkened to My warnings." So the Septuagint (Psa 149:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 5:15

• Church
• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Execute; Executioner
• Micah (2)

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