Micah 5:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Micah 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will cut off the cities of thy land - So God promised by Zechariah, “Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls; for I will be unto her a wall of fire round about” Zechariah 2:4-5 . T...
Micah 5:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Purging of Israel. Some modern commentators, e.g. Wellhausen and Nowack, refer this to Micah; if so, it would anticipate the Deuteronomic denunciation of the pillars and Asherim ( Deuteronomy...
Micah 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pluck up . root up, or tear down. thy groves . thine 'Asherahs. App-42. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 34:13 . Deuteronomy 7:5 ; Deuteronomy 12:3 ). thy cities. Ginsburg thinks "thine idol...
Micah 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He afterwards subjoins, I will take away thy groves. The groves, we know, formed a part of their idolatry: they are therefore mentioned here as an addition by the Prophet. For he speaks not s...
Micah 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
Micah 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. And I will pluck up thy groves ... so will I destroy thy cities. The "groves" are the idolatrous symbol...
Micah 5:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Birth of the Messiah 1-5a. Jerusalem is besieged, its ruler insulted by the invader ( Micah 5:1 ). Micah proclaims not only deliverance, but a deliverer. He will arise from Bethlehem, David's...
Micah 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will pluck up thy groves — i.e. , either the statues, pillars, or trees connected with the worship of Baal and Astarte. Some such statue was placed by Manasseh even in the house of the Lord, fro...
Micah 5:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE KING TO COME Micah 4:8 - Micah 5:1-15 WHEN a people has to be purged of long injustice, when some high aim of liberty or of order has to be won, it is remarkable how often the drama of re...
Micah 5:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Deliverer from Bethlehem Micah 5:1-15 This name for Bethlehem recalls Genesis 48:7 . Though insignificant in size she would outshine her compeers, because of Messiah's birth, Matthew 2:6...
Micah 5:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus described the coming deliverance, Micah utters the wonderful prophecy concerning the Deliverer and the deliverance under His administration. The Person of the Deliverer is first describe...
Micah 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I include all these verses under one reading. They all, according to my view, proclaim the same doctrine, namely, the Lord's promise that the remnant of Jacob shall be defended, blessed, and protecte...
Micah 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee ,.... Planted for idolatrous worship, and which the Jews in the reigns of some of their kings raised, and made use of for such purposes; see...
Micah 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. Ver. 14. And I will pluck up thy groves, &c. ] Wherein thou placest a part of thy happiness (as the Hebre...
Micah 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I will cut off witchcrafts , &c. Here is foretold the downfall of all unlawful arts and devices, which had been used by the Jews in former ages, to obtain the knowledge of future events: tha...
Micah 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Increase of the Church; Encouraging Predictions. B. C. 720. 7 And the remnant of J...
Micah 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will pluck up thy groves: the groves where some of them abused in downright idolatrous worship, others of them used superstitiously, thus beside the word; the other way, quite against the word: b...
Micah 5:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reason Why God Allows The Exile Of His People And Will Yet Cause More Exiles Until The Land Is Empty ( Micah 5:10-15 ). In another oracle (‘says YHWH') Micah now explains why all Israel's trou...
Micah 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES. Micah 5:10 . Horses] All human resources on which to depend ( Isaiah 2:6-8 ; Psalms 20:7 ). “The Church will never be safe till she is stripped of all creature-trusts, and rests...
Micah 5:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 5:1 . Oh daughter of troops. Of thieves, that is, the Chaldeans, who having robbed all the nations of Asia, came to Jerusalem, and robbed the whole land, smote Zedekiah with the severe rod o...
Micah 5:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee God’s depriving dispensation towards men Here the Almighty is represented as taking away from Israel many things they greatly valued. God’s...
Micah 5:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Micah 5:1-33 § 8 . After Zion ' s degradation Messiah shall be born, and shall bring the world into subjection. Micah 5:1 This verse is joined to the preceding chapter i...
Micah 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Person and the Rule of Messiah. Having described the conditions and circumstances under which the period of Messianic glory would be established, the prophet now turns to the direct prediction...
Micah 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Micah 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy groves — The groves which they abused by idolatrous worship.

Micah 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 5:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 5:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 5:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 5:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 5:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 5:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 5:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 5:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 5:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes