They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Micah 5:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I will pull up the Asherah poles from among you and demolish your cities. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will root out your Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] and I will destroy your cities [the seats of false worship]. [Deut. 16:21.] American Standard Version (1901) and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities. Common English Bible I will tear down your sacred poles in your midst; I will destroy your cities! Catholic Public Domain Version And I will exact vengeance, in fury and in indignation, among all the nations which have not listened. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will execute vengeance in wrath and in indignation among all the nations that have not given ear. |
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.
They will not look to the altars they made with their hands or to the Asherahs and shrines , they made with their fingers.
Therefore Jacob’s iniquity will be atoned for in this way, and the result of the removal of his sin will be this: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
However, if they will not obey, then I will uproot and destroy that nation.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
Without compassion the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In his wrath he has demolished the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He brought them to the ground and defiled the kingdom and its leaders.
The Lord has issued an order concerning you: There will be no offspring to carry on your name. , I will eliminate the carved idol and cast image from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.