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 remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds. 12I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers. I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands. 14I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities. 15I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”

Micah 5:13 word by word

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

• I will also cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• the carved imagesפָּסִילpesîyl · idolH6456
• and sacred pillarsמַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · pillarH4676
• from among youקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• so that you will noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• longerעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• bow downשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• to the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of your own handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Micah 5:13

• Isaiah 17:7In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
• Ezekiel 6:9Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
• Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
• Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
• Hosea 2:16In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
• Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
• Isaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their 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)
• Quarries

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