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Micah Chapter 5 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Micah 5:14

and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.
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BBE Micah 5:14

And my punishment will be effected on the nations with such burning wrath as they have not had word of.
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DARBY Micah 5:14

And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.
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KJV Micah 5:14

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
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WBT Micah 5:14

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WEB Micah 5:14

I will uproot your Asherim out of your midst; And I will destroy your cities.
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YLT Micah 5:14

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - Thy groves (Asherim); Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5, etc. Ashersh was a Canaanitish goddess, whose worship was celebrated with licentious rites. She corresponds to the Ashtoreth of the Phoenicians and Ishtar of the Assyrians, and seems to have been adored as the goddess of the productive power of nature. Her symbol was a tree or a wooden post. So (and) will I destroy thy cities; i.e. those cities which have been the centres of idolatry, or are especially connected with such worship (comp. Amos 5:5). The word rendered "cities" has by some been translated, and by others has been so altered as to be translated, "adversaries;" but there is no variety in the reading, or in the rendering of the ancient versions (except the Targum); and, explained as above, it is no mere repetition of the thought in ver. 11.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) I will pluck up thy groves--i.e., either the statues, pillars, or trees connected with the worship of Baal and Astarte. Some such statue was placed by Manasseh even in the house of the Lord, from which it was brought out and burnt by Josiah (2Kings 23:6).Thy cities--i.e., the pollutions, tumults, &c., of which the cities were the strongholds.