Micah 5:14
12 I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.
13 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.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.
- KJV
- And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
- WEB
- I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you; and I will destroy your cities.
- ASV
- and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.
- DARBY
- And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.
- BLB
- And I will pluck up your Asherah poles from among you, and I will destroy your cities.
- ÅB
- Jeg vil rive opp Asjera-stolpene hos deg
og ødelegge byene dine. - OTB
- Jeg vil rykke opp dine hellige stolper fra blant deg
Og legge dine byer øde. - B1930
- Og jeg vil rive op Astartebilledene i ditt land og ødelegge dine byer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 34:13
Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
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