Micah 5:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Micah 5:14 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
  2. Psalms 149:7to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
  3. Psalms 149:9to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
  4. Jeremiah 12:17But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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