micah 5:14 and i will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee so will i destroy thy cities

Micah 5:14 [study!]

American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.
King James Version (KJV 1769)
— And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995)
— “I will root out your Asherim from among you And destroy your cities.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And I will uproot thy Sacred Stems out of thy midst,—and will destroy thy cities:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And I have plucked up thy shrines out of thy midst, And I have destroyed thine enemies.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: and will crush thy cities.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And I will plucke vp thy groues out of the middest of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of thee, and I will abolish thy cities.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

And I will pluck up 5428

{5428} Prime
נָתַשׁ
nathash
{naw-thash'}

A primitive root; to tear away.

z8804

<8804> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562

thy groves 842

{0842} Prime
אֲשֵׁרָה
'asherah
{ash-ay-raw'}

From H0833; happy; asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same.

out of the midst 7130

{7130} Prime
קֶרֶב
qereb
{keh'-reb}

From H7126; properly the nearest part, that is, the centre, whether literally, figuratively or adverbially (especially with preposition).

x4480

(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}

For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.

of thee: so will I destroy 8045

{8045} Prime
שָׁמַד
shamad
{shaw-mad'}

A primitive root; to desolate.

z8689

<8689> Grammar

Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2675

thy cities. 5892

{5892} Prime
עִיר
`iyr
{eer}

From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post).

y6145

[6145] Standard
עָר
`ar
{awr}

From H5782; a foe (as watchful for mischief).

z8676

<8676> Grammar

Qere Reading

Where the translators of the Authorised Version followed the kethiv reading rather than the qere.

Micah 5:14

_ _ groves ... cities — The “groves” are the idolatrous symbol of Astarte (Deuteronomy 16:21; 2 Kings 21:7). “Cities” being parallel to “groves,” must mean cities in or near which such idolatrous groves existed. Compare “city of the house of Baal” (2 Kings 10:25), that is, a portion of the city sacred to Baal.