Micah 5:11
And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds, and I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and there shall be no divinations in thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 2:6For thou hast cast off thy people, the house of Jacob: because they are filled as in times past, and have had soothsayers as the Philistines, and have adhered to strange children.
Isaiah 6:11And I said: How long, O Lord? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land shall be left desolate.
Ezekiel 38:11And thou shalt say: I will go up to the land which is without a wall, I will come to them that are at rest, and dwell securely: all these dwell without a wall, they have no bars nor gates :
Amos 5:9He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.
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 →