Micah 5:14 KJV — MannaFest

Micah 5:14

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

KJV

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ASV

and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.

WEB

I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.

YLT

And I have plucked up thy shrines out of thy midst, And I have destroyed thine enemies.

DBT

And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.

About this book

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Micah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.

Author: Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
Date: c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

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2 Kings 17:10
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
Exodus 34:13
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
Deuteronomy 12:3
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
1 Kings 14:23
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

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The Abasement and Distress of Zion; Birth of the Messiah Predicted; 1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And so will I destroy their cities, meaning the cities that were dedicated to the idols, to some dunghill-deity or other, which they confided in for their protection. That those who stand it out against the gospel of Christ, and continue in league with their idolatries and witchcrafts, shall fall under the wrath of God, and be consumed by it (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

groves . . . cities--The "groves" are the idolatrous symbol of Astarte (De 16:21; "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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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