Micah 5:9

Let your hand triumph over your adversaries, let all your enemies be cut off.

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In The King James Version

Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

In Context

8And the survivors of Jacob will be disbursed among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the sheep-folds, who, when he passes through, pounces. He savages his prey. There is no rescuer.

10On that day, says the Lord: “I will slaughter your horses from your midst, and destroy your chariots.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:12Arise, Lord, lift up your hand, do not forget the cry of the wretched.

Psalms 106:26So he swore with uplifted hand to lay them low in the wilderness;

Zechariah 9:10He will cut off chariots from Ephraim, and war horses from Jerusalem. The battle bow will be cut off, and he will speak peace to the nations. His rule will be from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth.

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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