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.
• 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will destroy all your idols and sacred pillars, so you will never again worship the work of your own hands.

Context of Micah 5:13

11I will destroy the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds. 12I will destroy your witchcraft and you will no longer cast spells. I will destroy your idols and your sacred stones from among you; you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands. 14I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles when I demolish your cities. 15I will take vengeance in anger and wrath on 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

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 people will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
• Ezekiel 6:9Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.
• Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
• Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
• Hosea 2:16“In that day,” declares the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master.’
• Hosea 14:3Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, 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