Tree of Life Version
Micah 5:11
11I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you will have no more diviners.
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
9“Now in that day” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “I will cut off your horses among you, and I will destroy your chariots. 10I will cut off the cities of your land, and throw down all your strongholds. I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you will have no more diviners. 12I will cut off your carved images and your sacred pillars from among you, so you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands. 13I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you, and destroy your cities.
Read all of Micah 5Micah 5:11 word by word
וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י עָרֵ֣י אַרְצֶ֑ךָ וְהָרַסְתִּ֖י כָּל־מִבְצָרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Micah 5:11
- Isaiah 2:12For the day of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be against anyone proud and haughty, against anyone lifted up—he will be humbled,
- Ezekiel 38:11You will say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who live securely, all of them living without walls, having no bars or gates,
- Zechariah 4:6Then he responded to me by saying, ‘This is the word of Adonai to Zerubbabel saying: “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Ruach!” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
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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