King James Version

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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In the Hebrew text this line is Micah 5:13.

וְנָתַשְׁתִּ֥יvenatashtiand destroyנָתַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH5428to tear awaydestroy, forsake, pluck (out, up, by the roots), pull up, root out (up), [idiom] utterly. sאֲשֵׁירֶ֖יךָasheyreykhagrove. Compare H6253אֲשֵׁרָהnoun, proper name, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “grove. Compare H6253”H842Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the samegrove. Compare H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת).מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָmiqirbekhafrom bowelsקֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from bowels”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] w…וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖יvehishmadtiand destoryשָׁמַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and destory”, a completed action in a sequenceH8045to desolatedestory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.עָרֶֽיךָareykhacityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(5-13) And I will pluck up thy Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thine enemies.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you; and I will destroy your cities.

Darby Translation

And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.

Douay-Rheims

And I will execute vengeance in wrath and in indignation among all the nations that have not given ear.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(5-13) And I will pluck up thy Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thine enemies.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of thee, and I will abolish thy cities.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐκκόψω τὰ ἄλση ἐκ μέσου σου, καὶ ἀφανιῶ τὰς πόλεις σου.