Micah 5:14

New International Reader's Version

I will pull down the poles you used to worship the female god named Asherah. That will happen when I completely destroy your cities.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:10

They set up sacred stones. And they set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did that on every high hill and under every green tree.

Psalm 149:7

Let them pay the nations back. Let them punish the people of the earth.

Psalm 149:9

Let them carry out God’s sentence against those nations. This will bring glory to all his faithful people. Praise the Lord.

Exodus 34:13

Break down their altars. Smash their sacred stones. Cut down the poles they use to worship the female god named Asherah.

Isaiah 17:8

They won’t trust in the altars they made with their own hands. They won’t pay any attention to the poles they used to worship the female god named Asherah. And they won’t depend on the incense altars they made with their own fingers.

Isaiah 27:9

The people of Jacob will have to pay for their sin. Here is how they will show that their sin has been removed. They will make all the altar stones like limestone. They will crush them to pieces. No poles used to worship the female god named Asherah will be left standing. No incense altars will be left either.

Jeremiah 12:17

But what if one of those nations does not listen? Then you can be sure of this. I will pull it up by the roots and destroy it,” announces the Lord.

Lamentations 2:2

Without pity the Lord swallowed up all the homes of Jacob’s people. When he was angry, he tore down the forts of the people of Judah. He brought down their kingdom and princes to the ground in dishonor.

Nahum 1:14

Nineveh, the Lord has given an order concerning you. He has said, “You will not have any children to carry on your name. I will destroy the wooden and metal statues that are in the temple of your gods. I will get your grave ready for you. You are worthless.”