Micah 5:14

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

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 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand, and thou shalt have no more soothsayers.

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.

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

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