Micah 5:14 (DBY)

Passage

And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.

Nearby Context

Micah 5:12 And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.

Micah 5:13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more bow down to the work of thy hands.

Micah 5:14 And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.

Micah 5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and in fury upon the nations, such as they have not heard of.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pluck", "thine", "asherahs", "midst", "thee", "destroy", and "cities". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pluck" and "thine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Thy graven images also will I cut..." into verse 15's "And I will execute vengeance in anger...", so "pluck" and "thine" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "pluck" and "thine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.