Micah 5:11

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“I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.”

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BSBPD

“I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I have cut off the cities of thy land, And I have thrown down all thy fortresses,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Micah 5:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
  3. 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,
  4. Isaiah 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
  5. 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—
  6. Hosea 10:14the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
  7. Amos 5:9He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
  8. Zechariah 4:6So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

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