Micah 5:13-15
EasyEnglish Bible
13 You bend down to worship tall stones and idols.[a]
But I will destroy all of them.
You will stop worshipping things that you have made with your own hands.
14 You worship the false god Asherah,[b]
but I will pull her poles from the ground.
I will even destroy your cities.
15 Also I will punish all the people in other countries who refuse to obey me.
I will show them that I am very angry with them.’
Footnotes
- 5:13 An idol is a thing that people have made from stone, wood or metal. Then they worship and pray to the idol instead of God.
- 5:14 Asherah was the mother-god of the people called Canaanites. Israel's people took their country from the Canaanites and they lived there. They learned to worship the Canaanites' god, Asherah. They used the poles to worship Asherah. But God had told Israel's people not to worship any other gods.
Micah 5:13-15
New International Version
13 I will destroy your idols(A)
and your sacred stones from among you;(B)
you will no longer bow down
to the work of your hands.(C)
14 I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles[a](D)
when I demolish your cities.
15 I will take vengeance(E) in anger and wrath
on the nations that have not obeyed me.”
Footnotes
- Micah 5:14 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
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