Micah 5:9

Your hand will be lifted against your enemies, 1 and it will destroy them. 1

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

In Context

8The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, 1 among many peoples, 1 like a lion among the animals of the forest, 1 like a young lion among the flocks of sheep. 1 When he goes through them, 1 he will trample over them and tear them to pieces, 1 and there will be no one to save them. 1

10“It will happen in that day”—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 “that I will destroy your horses from among you 1 and will demolish your chariots. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 10:12Arise, Yahweh! Lift up your hand, God! 1 Do not forget the oppressed. 1

Psalms 106:26Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them 1 that he would let them die in the desert, 1

Isaiah 11:14Instead they will swoop down on the Philistine hills on the west, 1 and together they will plunder the people of the east. 1 They will attack Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon will obey them. 1

Isaiah 26:11Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, but they do not notice. 1 But they will see your zeal for the people and be put to shame, because fire of your adversaries will devour them. 1

Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of Yahweh went out and attacked the camp of the Assyrians, putting to death 185,000 soldiers. When the men arose early in the morning, dead bodies lay everywhere.

Zechariah 9:10Then I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, 1 and the bow will be cut off from battle; for he will speak peace to the nations, 1 and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and 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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