Micah 5:11
I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
In Context
10“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
12I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.
Cross References
Isaiah 2:6For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
Ezekiel 38:11You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—
Amos 5:9He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
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 →