Micah 5:14

Micah 5:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
• New International Version (NIV)I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles when I demolish your cities.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and I will root out your Asherah images from among you and destroy your cities.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will pluck your wooden images from your midst; Thus I will destroy your cities.

Context of Micah 5:14

12I will put an end to all witchcraft, and there will be no more fortune-tellers. 13I will destroy all your idols and sacred pillars, so you will never again worship the work of your own hands. I will abolish your idol shrines with their Asherah poles and destroy your pagan cities. 15I will pour out my vengeance on all the nations that refuse to obey me.”

Micah 5:14 word by word

וְנָתַשְׁתִּ֥י אֲשֵׁירֶ֖יךָ מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖י עָרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will pluck upנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• thy grovesאֲשֵׁרָה'ăshêrâh 'ăshêyrâh · AsherahH842
• out of the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• of thee: so will I destroyשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• thy citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• thy citiesעָר‛âr · enemyH6145

Cross-references for Micah 5:14

• Micah 5:11I will tear down your walls and demolish your defenses.

Commentaries on Micah 5:14

• 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. 1414. groves ... cities--The "groves" are the idolatrous symbol of Astarte (De 16:21; 2Ki 21:7). "Cities" being parallel to "groves," must mean cities in or near which such idolatrous groves existed. Compare "city of the house of Baal" (2Ki 10:25), that is, a portion of the city sacred to Baal.Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 5:14

• Church
• Groves
• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Micah (2)
• Asherah, Asherah pole, Ashtoreth

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