Micah 5:13
11 I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.
12 I 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.
14 I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.
15 I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- 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.
- WEB
- I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars from among you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.
- ASV
- and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands;
- DARBY
- Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more bow down to the work of thy hands.
- BLB
- And I will cut off your carved images and your sacred pillars from among you, and you will not bow down anymore to the work of your hands.
- ÅB
- Jeg vil utrydde de utskårne bildene dine
og støttene dine fra landet.
Du skal ikke mer tilbe det hendene dine har laget. - OTB
- Jeg vil fjerne dine utskårne bilder
Og dine minnesmerker fra blant deg,
Slik at du ikke lenger skal bøye deg ned
For dine henders verk. - B1930
- Og jeg vil utrydde dine utskårne billeder og dine billedstøtter av ditt land, og du skal ikke mere tilbede dine henders verk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 6:9
Then 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.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Read in contextZechariah 13:2
And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:23
They 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.
Read in contextHosea 14:3
Assyria 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.”
Read in contextIsaiah 2:8
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
Read in contextIsaiah 17:7–8
In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
Read in contextHosea 2:16–17
In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
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