Micah - 5:13



13 I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars out of your midst; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.

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Explanation and meaning of Micah 5:13.

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Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
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;
And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues out of the midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands.
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.
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.
Your graven images also will I cut off, and your standing images out of the middle of you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.
And I will have your images and your pillars cut off from you; and you will no longer give worship to the work of your hands.
And I will cause your graven images to perish, and your statues, from your midst. And you will no longer adore the works of your hands.
Et excidam scuptilia tua et statuas tuas e medio tui; et non adorabis amplius opus manuum tuarum;

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Thy graven images also will I cut off - Thou shalt be no more an idolatrous people.

Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee,.... The former were such as were made of wood or stone; the latter statues, such as were molten or cast, and made of gold, silver, or brass; Such as the Jews sometimes worshipped, and are now found in the apostate church of Rome; but will have no place in the Christian churches, or those so called, in the latter day. The Jews indeed have had no idols or idolatrous worship among them since the Babylonish captivity; and the prophet here speaks, not of what would be found among them, and removed at their conversion; but of what was in his time, or had been, or would be again, but should not be in future time, when they should turn to the Lord, and be like dew among the people; and so we are to understand some following passages. The Targum is,
"I will cut off the images of the people, and their statues:''
and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands; as not to fall down to idols and worship them, so neither to trust in carnal privileges, ceremonial rites, observances of the traditions of the elders, or any works of righteousness done by them, which they had been prone unto.

graven images . . . cut off--(Compare Isaiah 2:8, Isaiah 2:18-21; Isaiah 30:22; Zac 13:2).
standing images--statues.

Graven images - This was verified among the Jews, who to this day hate images for divine uses, and learnt this in their captivity.

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