Micah 5 · Verse 14

Micah 5:14

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

Micah 5:14 in other translations

BSBI will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.
WEBI will uproot your Asherah poles from among you; and I will destroy your cities.
ASVand I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.
YLTAnd I have plucked up thy shrines out of thy midst, And I have destroyed thine enemies.
DARBYAnd I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.
BBEI will have your Asherahs pulled up from among you: and I will send destruction on your images.
WebsterAnd I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

What does Micah 5:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. groves ... cities--The "groves" are the idolatrous symbol of Astarte (De 16:21; 2Ki 21:7). "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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 5:7-15

The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the primitive times, were among many nations as the drops of dew, and were made instruments in calling a large increase of spiritual worshippers. But to those who neglected or opposed this salvation, they would, as lions, cause terror, their doctrine condemning them. The Lord also declares that he would cause not only the reformation of the Jews, but the purification of…

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Micah 5:14 in the original Hebrew

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וְנָתַשְׁתִּ֥יve.na.tash.Tiand I will pluck upH5428
אֲשֵׁירֶ֖יךָ'a.shei.Rei.khaAsherah poles yourH842
מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָmi.kir.Be.chafrom midst yourH7130
וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖יve.hish.mad.Tiand I will destroyH8045
עָרֶֽיךָ\׃'a.Rei.khacities yourH5892

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Micah 5:14

  • Exodus 34:13

    But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cities. or, enemies.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Micah 5:13

    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.

  • Micah 5:14

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

  • Micah 5:15

    And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

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Micah 5:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y arrancaré tus bosques de en medio de ti, y destruiré tus ciudades.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et j’exécuterai sur les nations, avec colère et avec fureur, une vengeance dont elles n’ont pas entendu parler.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde in Zorn und in Grimm Rache üben an den Nationen, die nicht gehört haben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et faciam, in furore et in indignatione, ultionem in omnibus gentibus quæ non audierunt.