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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Micah 5:11
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I will remove the cities of your landand tear down all your fortresses.
I will cut off the cities of your land, And will tear down all your strongholds.
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw downe all thy strong holdes.
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;
"I will also eliminate the cities of your land, And tear down all your fortifications.
I will destroy the cities in your country and tear down all your defenses.
"I will cut off the cities of your land And tear down all your fortifications.
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, & ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes.
"I will also cut off the cities of your land And tear down all your fortifications.
And I will cut off the cities of your landAnd pull down all your fortifications.
I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.
as well as your cities and your fortresses.
I will cut off sorceries from your land; you will no longer have soothsayers.
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and overthrow all thy strongholds.
I will destroy the cities in your country. I will pull down all your fortresses.
And I will lay waste the towns of your land, and demolish all your strongholds.
I will destroy the cities in your land and tear down all your defenses.
And I will cut off the cities of your land, and I will demolish all your fortifications.
And I will cut off the cities of your land and pull down all your fortresses.
and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.
I will have the towns of your land cut off and all your strong places pulled down:
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers;
I wyll breake downe the cities of thy lande, and ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes.
and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds:
and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds:
I will cut off the cities of your land, And will tear down all your strongholds.
And Y schal leese the citees of thi lond, and Y schal distrie alle thi strengthis;
and I will cut off the cities of your land, and will throw down all your strongholds.
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses.
I will cut off the cities of your land And throw down all your strongholds.
I will tear down your walls and demolish your defenses.
I will destroy the cities of your land and tear down all your strong-places.
and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;
And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds,
and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;
And I have cut off the cities of thy land, And I have thrown down all thy fortresses,
I will breake downe the cities off thy londe, and ouerthrewe all thy stronge holdes.
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
and throw: Isaiah 2:12-17, Ezekiel 38:11, Zechariah 4:6
Reciprocal: Isaiah 17:9 - General Lamentations 2:2 - he hath thrown Ezekiel 23:48 - I cause Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness Hosea 3:4 - without teraphim Hosea 11:6 - the sword Micah 5:14 - cities Zephaniah 1:3 - stumblingblocks Zechariah 9:10 - I will Matthew 21:5 - sitting
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds. The meaning is, they should not dwell in fortified cities and walled towns; they should have none of these to trust to, nor should they stand in any need of them to defend them, their enemies being subdued; and besides, the Lord would be their strong hold and place of defence, a wall of fire round about them, but the glory in the midst of them, The phrases are expressive of the greatest tranquillity and safety, and of living in an open air, free and undisturbed; see Zechariah 2:4. The Targum is,
"I will cut off the cities of the people out of thy land, and destroy all their strong fortresses;''
these shall dwell no more there, and be no more offensive and troublesome.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I will cut off the cities of thy land - So God promised by Zechariah, “Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls; for I will be unto her a wall of fire round about” Zechariah 2:4-5. The Church shall not need the temptation of human defense; for God shall fence her in on every side. Great cities too, as the abode of luxury and sin, of power and pride, and, mostly, of cruelty, are chiefly denounced as the objects of God’s anger. Babylon stands as the emblem of the whole city of the world or of the devil, as opposed to God. Rup.: “The first city was built by Cain; Abel and the other saints heed no continuing city” Hebrews 13:14 here. Cities then will include (Rup.) “all the tumults and evil passions and ambition and strife and bloodshed, which Cain brought in among men. Cities are collectively called and are Babylon, with whom, (as in the Revelations we hear a voice from heaven saying), “the kings of the earth committed fornication and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies” Revelation 18:3; and of which it is written, “And a mighty Angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city, Babylon, be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.” Revelation 18:21. “Great rest then is promised to holy Zion that is, the Church, when the cities or strongholds of the land (strongholds, as they are, of earthliness) shall be destroyed. For together with them are included all objects of desire in them, with the sight whereof the citizens of the kingdom of God, while pilgrims here, are tempted; whereof the wise man saith, Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
The fulfillment reaches on to the Day of Judgment, when the Church shall finally receive glory from the Lord, and be “without spot and wrinkle” Ephesians 5:27. All looks on to that Day. The very largeness of the promise, which speaks, in its fullest sense, of the destruction of things, without which we can hardly do in this life, (as cities or things very useful to the needs of man, (as horses,) carries us on yet more to that Day when there will be no more need of any outward things; Rup.: “when the heavy body shall be changed, and shall have the swiftness of angels, and shall be transported whither it willeth, without chariots and horses; and all things which tempt the eye shall cease; and no evil shall enter; and there shall be no need of divining, amid the presence and full knowledge of God, and where the ever-present Face of God, who is Truth, shall shine on all, and nothing be uncertain or unknown; nor shall they need to form in their souls images of Him whom His own shall see as He Is; nor shall they esteem anything of self, or the work of their own hands; but God shall be All in all.” In like way, the woe on those who obey not the truth, also looks on to the end. It too is final. There is nothing to soften it. Punishments in the course of life are medicinal. Here no mention is made of Mercy, but only of executing vengeance; and that, with wrath and fury; and that, such as they have not heard. For as eye hath not seen, nor heart conceived the good things laid up in store for those who love God, so neither the evil things prepared for those who, in act, shew that they hate Him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Micah 5:11. I will - throw down all thy strongholds — Thou shalt have no need of fortified cities; I will be thy defense.
