Micah 5:13 (YLT)

Passage

And I have cut off thy graven images, And thy standing-pillars out of thy midst, And thou dost not bow thyself any more To the work of thy hands.

Nearby Context

Micah 5:11 And I have cut off the cities of thy land, And I have thrown down all thy fortresses,

Micah 5:12 And have cut off sorcerers out of thy hand, And observers of clouds thou hast none.

Micah 5:13 And I have cut off thy graven images, And thy standing-pillars out of thy midst, And thou dost not bow thyself any more To the work of thy hands.

Micah 5:14 And I have plucked up thy shrines out of thy midst, And I have destroyed thine enemies.

Micah 5:15 And I have done vengeance in anger and in fury, With the nations who have not hearkened!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "graven", "images", "standing-pillars", "midst", "thou", "dost", "thyself", and "hands". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "graven" and "images", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And have cut off sorcerers out of..." into verse 14's "And I have plucked up thy shrines...", so "graven" and "images" 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 "graven" and "images" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.