Mic 5:10-14 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mic 5:10-14: 5:10-14 The Lord’s actions for and against his people purify them. The Lord removed several abominable things imported from the pagan cultures of Mesopotamia and Canaan.

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‏ Micah 5:10-14

Summary for Mic 5:10-14: 5:10-14 ^a The Lord’s actions for and against his people purify them. The Lord removed several abominable things imported from the pagan cultures of Mesopotamia and Canaan.
Summary for Mic 5:13-14: 5:13-14 ^b sacred pillars ... Asherah poles: Stones were set up as places or objects of worship; they could represent pagan deities. The Asherah poles were green poles or trees that represented the goddess Asherah and her powers of fertility. Both the stones and the trees may have had sexual implications—one male, the other female. Asherah was seen as the mother of gods and El’s (or Baal’s) consort.