Micah 5:14
“And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.”
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
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 pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
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“And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:”
“And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.”
“For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.”
“But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:”