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 destroy the cities in your country. I will knock down all your strong buildings. 12You make bad spirits help you. But I will destroy the things that you use to talk to them. You will have nobody to tell you about future times. You bend down to worship tall stones and idols. But I will destroy all of them. You will stop worshipping things that you have made with your own hands. 14You worship the false god Asherah, but I will pull her poles from the ground. I will even destroy your cities. 15Also I will punish all the people in other countries who refuse to obey me. I will show them that I am very angry with them.’

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 17:7At that time, people will turn back to their Maker. They will trust the Holy God of Israel to help them.
• Ezekiel 6:9When they are living as prisoners among those other nations, they will remember me. They will realize that they made me very sad because they were not faithful to me. They stopped worshipping me. Instead, they chose to worship idols. Then they will be ashamed of themselves, because of all the disgusting things which they have done.
• Ezekiel 36:25You will become pure, as if I splash you with clean water. I will remove all the things that make you unclean. I will take away the idols that you worship.
• Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer worship their disgusting idols and make themselves unclean. They will not refuse to obey me. They have turned away from me and done bad things. But I will save them from all their sins. I will make them clean. They will be my people and I will be their God.
• Hosea 2:16The Lord says this: When that happens, you will call me, ‘My husband’. You will never again call me, ‘Baal, my master’.
• Hosea 14:3Assyria cannot save us. The horses that we ride into war will not keep us safe. We will never again say to the idols that we have made, “You are our gods.” You are kind to children who have no family. So please be kind to us.’
• Isaiah 2:8But their land is also full of useless idols. They worship things that they have made with their own hands.

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

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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