MIC 5:14 Parallel Verse View

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Original MIC 5:13: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (MIC 5:13) Καὶ ἐκκόψω τὰ ἄλση ἐκ μέσου σου, καὶ ἀφανιῶ τὰς πόλεις σου.
(Kai ekkopsō ta alsaʸ ek mesou sou, kai afaniō tas poleis sou.)

BrTr (MIC 5:13) And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of thee, and I will abolish thy cities.

ULT And I will uproot your Asherah s from your midst,
⇔ and I will destroy your cities.

UST I will remove the poles that you use to worship the goddess Asherah,
⇔ and I will destroy your cities.

BSB & MSB I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst
⇔ and demolish your cities.

OEB I will uproot your sacred poles,
⇔ and destroy your idols.

WEBBE & WMBB I will uproot your Asherah poles from amongst you;
⇔ and I will destroy your cities.

NET I will uproot your images of Asherah from your midst,
⇔ and destroy your idols.

LSV And I have plucked up your Asherim out of your midst,
And I have destroyed your enemies.

FBV I will pull up the Asherah poles[fn] that you have and destroy your pagan places.[fn]

5:14 Idol poles set up as part of pagan worship.

5:14 Or “cities.”

T4T I will get rid of your poles that represent the goddess Asherah,
⇔ and I will also destroy all your idols.

LEB • And I will uproot your Asherahs from among you,
• and I will destroy your cities.

BBE I will have your Asherahs pulled up from among you: and I will send destruction on your images.

Moff I will uproot your sacred poles and destroy your images

JPS (MIC 5:13) (5-12) And I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands.

ASV and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.

DRA (MIC 5:13) And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: and will crush thy cities.

YLT And I have plucked up thy shrines out of thy midst, And I have destroyed thine enemies.

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

RV and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee: and I will destroy thy cities.
(and I will pluck up thine/your Asherim out of the midst of thee/you: and I will destroy thy/your cities.)

SLT And I tore up thine images from the midst of thee, and I destroyed thy cities.

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

KJB-1769 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.[fn]
(And I will pluck up thy/your groves out of the midst of thee/you: so will I destroy thy/your cities.)

5.14 cities: or, enemies

KJB-1611 And I will plucke vp thy groues out of the middest of thee: so will I destroy thy [fn]cities.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

5:14 Or, enemies.

Bshps Thy groues wyll I plucke vp by the rootes, and breake downe thy cities.
(Thy/Your groves will I pluck up by the roots, and break down thy/your cities.)

Gnva And I wil plucke vp thy groues out of the middes of thee: so will I destroy thine enemies.
(And I will pluck up thy/your groves out of the midst of thee/you: so will I destroy thine/your enemies.)

Cvdl Thy groues wil I plucke vp by the rotes, & breake downe thy cities.
(Thy/Your groves will I pluck up by the roots, and break down thy/your cities.)

Wycl (MIC 5:13) And Y schal drawe out of the middis of thee thi woodis, and Y schal al to-breke thi citees.
(And I shall draw out of the midst of thee/you thy/your woods, and I shall all break thy/your cities.)

Luth (MIC 5:13) und will deine Haine zerbrechen und deine Städte vertilgen.
(and will your groves break/shatter and your cities destroy/eradicate.)

ClVg (MIC 5:13) et evellam lucos tuos de medio tui, et conteram civitates tuas.
(and I_will_pull_out groves yours from/about in_the_middle yours(sg), and I_will_break cities yours.)

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:10–15: The LORD will cause all sorcery and idolatry in Israel to end

This section is another prophecy. In this prophecy, the LORD spoke directly to the people of Israel.This is the interpretation of a large majority of commentators. These include NICOT, A&F, NAC, UBS, EBC, CBC, WBC, ZIBBC, Waltke 2007 and others. Some commentators suggest that the referent here is not Israel but ungodly nations. For example, see Achtemeier. However the latter interpretation has little to support it and is not clearly followed in versions. In 5:10–11, he told them that he would take away the military equipment and other things that they relied on instead of him. In 5:12–14, he said that he would end all sorcery and idol worship in Israel in order to purify their worship of him. In 5:15, he told about his intention to punish other nations that did not obey him.UBS (page 222).

Here are some other examples of section headings:

The Lord will Purify His People (NET)

Idols Will Be Destroyed in Israel (CEV)

5:14a–b

(combined/reordered)

together with the sacred poles and even your towns. (CEV)

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^14a I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst

^14band demolish your cities.

There is an ellipsis (a deliberately omitted phrase) in 5:14b. In some languages, it may be necessary to supply the missing words from 5:14a. For example:

^14band I will demolish your cities.

In these parallel lines, the LORD spoke about another kind of idol that the people relied on instead of relying on him. He will destroy these idols and the towns that contained them so that the people will no longer worship them.

5:14a

I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst

I will pull out the Asherah poles from your^(sing/plur) land.
I will tear out your sacred poles

I will root out: The words root out means “pull out” or “remove.”HALOT (electronic edition, page 737).

the Asherah poles from your midst: This kind of pole was used in the worship of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

Here are some other ways to translate this verse part:

I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles (NIV)

I will tear out the sacred poles from your midst (NAB)

Some versions leave the phrase from your midst implied. For example:

I shall pull up your sacred poles (REB)

I will pull down the images of the goddess Asherah in your land (GNT)

I will abolish your idol shrines with their Asherah poles (NLT)

5:14b

and demolish your cities.

I will also destroy your^(sing/plur) cities.
and demolish the cities/towns where you bow down to them.

and demolish your cities: The Hebrew word for cities is the same as in 5:12.Some scholars propose that the original Hebrew word did not mean cities but “idol.” Some others suggest emending the Hebrew word to one that means “idols” or “altars.” However, these suggestions lack evidence to support such a change. Ancient versions translate the word as “cities.” In the context of the parallel line, 5:14a, the reference is probably to towns or cities in Israel that were centers for the worship of Asherah.JFB (page 693), EBC (page 536), and NAC (page 106).

Here are some other ways to translate 5:14b:

and destroy your towns (NRSV)

and destroy your pagan cities (NLT)

General Comment on 5:14a–b

In some languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder these parallel lines. See 5:14a–b combined/reordered in the Display.

Parallel MIC 5:14

Section 5:10–15: The LORD will cause all sorcery and idolatry in Israel to end

5:14a–b

5:14a

5:14b

General Comment on 5:14a–b