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Micah 5:11
11I will destroy the cities in your country. I will knock down all your strong buildings.
Micah 5:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
- New International Version (NIV)I will destroy the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will cut off the cities of your land And throw down all your strongholds.
Context of Micah 5:11
9You will be strong like that and so you will beat your enemies. You will kill all of them. 10‘At that time,’ the Lord says, ‘I will take your horses away from you. I will destroy your chariots. I will destroy the cities in your country. I will knock down all your strong buildings. 12You make bad spirits help you. But I will destroy the things that you use to talk to them. You will have nobody to tell you about future times. 13You bend down to worship tall stones and idols. But I will destroy all of them. You will stop worshipping things that you have made with your own hands.
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וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י עָרֵ֣י אַרְצֶ֑ךָ וְהָרַסְתִּ֖י כָּל־מִבְצָרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Micah 5:11
- Isaiah 2:12Yes! The Lord Almighty will choose his great day. On that day, he will judge all the proud people who think that they are great. He will bring them all down very low.
- Ezekiel 38:11You will say: ‘We will attack a land where the villages have no walls around them. The people are living quietly in peace and we will attack them. They have no walls or strong gates to keep them safe.
- Zechariah 4:6Then the angel said to me, ‘The Lord said this to Zerubbabel: “You will need my Spirit. You yourself are too weak. And you do not have enough power.” This is what the Lord Almighty says:
Commentaries on Micah 5:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11I will - throw down all thy strongholds - Thou shalt have no need of fortified cities; I will be thy defense.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-15Verses 11-15 I will cut off the cities of thy land - So God promised by Zechariah, “Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls; for I will be unto her a wall of fire round about” Zechariah 2:4-5. The Church shall not need the temptation of human defense; for God shall fence her in on every side. Great cities too, as the abode of luxury and sin, of power and pride, and, mostly, of cruelty, are chiefly denounced as the objects of God‘s anger…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the primitive times, were among many nations as the drops of dew, and were made instruments in calling a large increase of spiritual worshippers. But to those who neglected or opposed this salvation, they would, as lions, cause terror, their doctrine condemning them. The Lord also declares that he would cause not only the reformation of the Jews, but the purification of the Christian church. In…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-14The Lord’s actions, both for and against his people, cleanse them. He removed practices and objects that Israel had taken from the pagan cultures of Mesopotamia and Canaan.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. cut off ... cities ... strongholds--such as are fortified for war. In that time of peace, men shall live in unwalled villages (Eze 38:11; compare Jr 23:6; 49:31; Zec 2:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Micah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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