Micah 5:14

14 I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles^[a]when I demolish your cities.

Micah 5:14 in Other Translations

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

14 and I will root out your Asherah images from among you and destroy your cities.

14 I will abolish your idol shrines with their Asherah poles and destroy your pagan cities.

14 I'll root out your sacred sex-and-power centers and destroy the God-defiant.

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

14 I will pull out your poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. I will wipe out your cities.

14 I will pull up the Asherah poles from among you and demolish your cities.

14 I will pull down the poles you used to worship the goddess Asherah. And I will destroy your cities completely.

Micah 5:14 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 5:14

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee
Planted for idolatrous worship, and which the Jews in the reigns of some of their kings raised, and made use of for such purposes; see ( 1 Kings 15:13 ) ( 16:33 ) ( 18:19 ) ; though contrary to the law of God, ( Deuteronomy 16:21 ) ; but now there should be nothing of this kind, all idolatry being rooted out of the world. The Targum is,

``I will root out the plantations of the people out of the midst of thee:''

so will I destroy thy cities;
which some understand of cities given to idolatry; or rather it is to be understood in the same sense as in ( Micah 5:11 ) ; though by reason of that, and as something distinct from it, it is better to render the words with the Targum,

``I will destroy thine enemies ^F14.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 So Jarchi, and Marinas in Aben Ezra, and R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 102. 1.

Micah 5:14 In-Context

12 I will destroy your witchcraft and you will no longer cast spells.

13 I will destroy your idols and your sacred stones from among you; you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands.

14 I will uproot from among you your Asherah poleswhen I demolish your cities.

15 I will take vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations that have not obeyed me.”

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 34:13; S Judges 3:7; S 2 Kings 17:10

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah