Micah 5:8

\5:9\Your hand is lifted up against those who are against you, and all your haters will be cut off.

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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.

In Context

7\5:8\And the rest of Jacob will be among the nations, in the middle of the mass of peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the woods, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep: if he goes through, they will be crushed under foot and pulled to bits, and there will be no saviour.

9\5:10\And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that I will take away your horses from you, and will give your war-carriages to destruction:

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Cross References

Genesis 49:9Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

Psalms 2:9They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.

Psalms 110:5In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand.

Hosea 5:14For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the children of Judah; I, even I, will give him wounds and go away; I will take him away, and there will be no helper.

Micah 4:13Up! and let the grain be crushed, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron and your feet brass, and a number of peoples will be broken by you, and you will give up their increase to the Lord and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Zechariah 10:5Together they will be like men of war, crushing down their haters into the earth of the streets in the fight; they will make war because the Lord is with them: and the horsemen will be shamed.

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 →

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