King James Version
Micah 5:15 in the King James Version says “And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.” — study this verse from Micah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.”
Micah 5:15 · KJV
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. standing: or, statues
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities . cities: or, enemies
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
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“And I will execute”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“in anger”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“upon the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“such as they have not heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
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