Micah 5:11
and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
In Context
12And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand, and thou shall have no [more] soothsayers.
Cross References
Isaiah 2:6For thou have forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled [with things] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines. And they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
Isaiah 6:11Then I said, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,
Ezekiel 38:11And thou shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages. I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
Amos 5:9who brings sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
Matthew Henry on Micah 5:8-15
The Increase of the Church; Encouraging Predictions. ( b. c. 720.) 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord , as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. 9 Thine hand… Read the whole commentary →