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Micah 5:9
9The people of Israel will stand up to their foes, and all their enemies will be wiped out.
Micah 5:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
- New International Version (NIV)Your hand will be lifted up in triumph over your enemies, and all your foes will be destroyed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries, And all your enemies shall be cut off.
Context of Micah 5:9
7Then the remnant left in Israel will take their place among the nations. They will be like dew sent by the Lord or like rain falling on the grass, which no one can hold back and no one can restrain. 8The remnant left in Israel will take their place among the nations. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a strong young lion among flocks of sheep and goats, pouncing and tearing as they go with no rescuer in sight. The people of Israel will stand up to their foes, and all their enemies will be wiped out. 10“In that day,” says the Lord, “I will slaughter your horses and destroy your chariots. 11I will tear down your walls and demolish your defenses.
Read all of Micah 5Micah 5:9 word by word
תָּרֹ֥ם יָדְךָ֖ עַל־צָרֶ֑יךָ וְכָל־אֹיְבֶ֖יךָ יִכָּרֵֽתוּ׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Micah 5:9
- Psalms 21:8You will capture all your enemies. Your strong right hand will seize all who hate you.
- Psalms 106:26Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,
- Isaiah 1:25I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.
- Isaiah 11:14They will join forces to swoop down on Philistia to the west. Together they will attack and plunder the nations to the east. They will occupy the lands of Edom and Moab, and Ammon will obey them.
- Isaiah 14:2The nations of the world will help the people of Israel to return, and those who come to live in the Lord’s land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.
- Isaiah 26:11O Lord, they pay no attention to your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Then they will be ashamed. Let your fire consume your enemies.
- Isaiah 33:10But the Lord says: “Now I will stand up. Now I will show my power and might.
- Isaiah 37:36That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.
- Luke 19:27And as for these enemies of mine who didn’t want me to be their king—bring them in and execute them right here in front of me.’”
- 1 Corinthians 15:25For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet.
- Revelation 19:13He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God.
- Revelation 20:8He will go out to deceive the nations—called Gog and Magog—in every corner of the earth. He will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore.
Commentaries on Micah 5:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9All thine enemies shall be cut off - The Assyrians, who had destroyed Israel; and the Babylonians, who had ruined Judah.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries - The might of the Church is the Might of Christ in her, and the glory of the Church is His from whom it comes and to whom it returns. It is all one, whether this be said to Christ or to the “remnant of Jacob, that is, His Church. Her “enemies” are His, and her‘s only because they are His, and hate her as belonging to Him. They “shall be cut off,” either ceasing to be His enemies, or ceasing to be, as…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. 8-9God's people will have a special role among the world's nations (Genesis 12:3; Exodus 19:4–6). They will lead and not follow (Deuteronomy 28:13), and be as strong as a lion (compare Esther 6:13) as God grants them power over the nations. The Lord will judge their enemies (see Micah 5:15) if they keep rebelling against him. However, the Lord's ultimate wish is to bless the nations, not to curse or destroy them (Genesis 12:3; Jonah 4:11; John 3:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Thine hand shall be lifted up--In Is 26:11 it is Jehovah's hand that is lifted up; here Israel's as Mi 5:8 implies, just as "Zion" is addressed and directed to "beat in pieces many people" (Mi 4:13; compare Is 54:15, 17). For Israel's foes are Jehovah's foes. When her hand is said to be lifted up, it is Jehovah's hand that strikes the foe by her (compare Ex 13:9, with Ex 14:8).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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