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and I will pluck up your Asherim out of the midst of you; and I will destroy your cities.
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A Necessary Cleansing
The promise to "pluck up your Asherim" signifies God's total removal of idolatry. Commentators explain this is a necessary purification. God cleanses His people from all false worship and spiritual corruption, removing the very obstacles that prevent them from receiving His full favor and salvation. This act is presented not just as judgment, but as a foundational step for restoration.
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Micah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will cut off the cities of your land - So God promised by Zechariah, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls; for I will b…
19th Century
Anglican
I will pluck up thy groves — that is, either the statues, pillars, or trees connected with the worship of Baal and Astart…
16th Century
Protestant
A most necessary admonition is introduced here so that the faithful may know how they are to be preserved by the hand and favor of God, even when t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will pluck up your groves out of the midst of you Planted for idolatrous worship, and which the Jews in the re…
The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the early times, were among many nations like the drops of dew and were made instruments in calling a…
