And I will pluck up
nathash (naw-thash')
to tear away -- destroy, forsake, pluck (out, up, by the roots), pull up, root out (up), utterly.
thy groves
'asherah (ash-ay-raw')
happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same -- grove.
out of the midst
qereb (keh'-reb)
the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
of thee so will I destroy
shamad (shaw-mad')
to desolate -- destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, utterly.
thy cities
`ar (awr)
a foe (as watchful for mischief) -- enemy.
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
