Micah 5:9 (GNV)

Passage

Thine hand shall bee lift vp vpon thine aduersaries, and all thine enemies shalbe cut off.

Nearby Context

Micah 5:7 And the remnant of Iaakob shalbe among many people, as a dewe from the Lord, and as the showres vpon the grasse, that waiteth not for man, nor hopeth in the sonnes of Adam.

Micah 5:8 And the remnant of Iaakob shalbe among the Gentiles in the middes of many people, as the lyon among the beastes of the forest, and as the lyons whelpe among the flockes of sheepe, who when he goeth thorow, treadeth downe and teareth in pieces, and none can deliuer.

Micah 5:9 Thine hand shall bee lift vp vpon thine aduersaries, and all thine enemies shalbe cut off.

Micah 5:10 And it shall come to passe in that day, sayth the Lord, that I will cut off thine horses out of the middes of thee, and I will destroy thy charets.

Micah 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thine", "hand", "shall", "lift", "vpon", and "aduersaries". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thine" and "hand", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And the remnant of Iaakob shalbe among..." into verse 10's "And it shall come to passe in...", so "thine" and "hand" 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 "thine" and "hand" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.