Mic 5:9-15 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 9 All thine enemies shall be cut off - The Assyrians, who had destroyed Israel; and the Babylonians, who had ruined Judah.

Micah 5:9-15

Verse 9

All thine enemies shall be cut off - The Assyrians, who had destroyed Israel; and the Babylonians, who had ruined Judah. Verse 10

I will cut off thy horses - Thou shalt have no need of cavalry in thine armies; God will fight for you. Verse 11

I will - throw down all thy strongholds - Thou shalt have no need of fortified cities; I will be thy defense. Verse 12

I will cut off witchcrafts - Thou shalt seek help only in Jehovah thy God. They have had neither soothsayers, images, groves, nor high places, from the captivity to the present day. Verse 13

Thy graven images also will I cut off - Thou shalt be no more an idolatrous people. Verse 15

I will execute vengeance - upon the heathen - And he did so; for the empires of the Assyrians, Chaldeans, and others, the sworn enemies of the Jews, have long since been utterly destroyed.