Micah 5:11 (DRB)

Passage

And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds, and I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and there shall be no divinations in thee.

Nearby Context

Micah 5:9 Thy hand shall be lifted up over thy enemies, and all thy enemies shall be cut off.

Micah 5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will take away thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots.

Micah 5:11 And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds, and I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and there shall be no divinations in thee.

Micah 5:12 And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues, out of the midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands.

Micah 5:13 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: and will crush thy cities.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "destroy", "cities", "land", "throw", "down", "strong", "holds", and "take". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "destroy" and "cities", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And it shall come to pass in..." into verse 12's "And I will destroy thy graven things...", so "destroy" and "cities" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "destroy" and "cities" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.