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10 “And it will be in that day,” declares Yahweh,
(A)That I will cut off your (B)horses from among you
And destroy your chariots.
11 And I will cut off the (C)cities of your land
And pull down all your (D)fortifications.
12 And I will cut off (E)sorceries from your hand,
And you will have soothsaying no more.
13 (F)And I will cut off your graven images
And your sacred pillars from among you
So that you will no longer worship
The work of your hands.
14 And I will uproot your [a](G)Asherim from among you
And [b]eradicate your cities.
15 And I will (H)execute vengeance in anger and wrath
On the nations which have not [c](I)listened.”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:14 Wooden symbols of a female deity
  2. Micah 5:14 Or destroy
  3. Micah 5:15 Or heard

10 “In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will destroy your horses from among you
    and demolish your chariots.(A)
11 I will destroy the cities(B) of your land
    and tear down all your strongholds.(C)
12 I will destroy your witchcraft
    and you will no longer cast spells.(D)
13 I will destroy your idols(E)
    and your sacred stones from among you;(F)
you will no longer bow down
    to the work of your hands.(G)
14 I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles[a](H)
    when I demolish your cities.
15 I will take vengeance(I) in anger and wrath
    on the nations that have not obeyed me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:14 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

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

15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

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