Micah 5:11 (LSB)

Passage

And I will cut off the cities of your land And pull down all your fortifications.

Nearby Context

Micah 5:9 Your hand will be raised up against your adversaries, And all your enemies will be cut off.

Micah 5:10 “And it will be in that day,” declares Yahweh, “That I will cut off your horses from among you And destroy your chariots.

Micah 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of your land And pull down all your fortifications.

Micah 5:12 And I will cut off sorceries from your hand, And you will have soothsaying no more.

Micah 5:13 And I will cut off your graven images And your sacred pillars from among you So that you will no longer worship The work of your hands.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And it will be in that day..." into verse 12's "And I will cut off sorceries from...", so "cities" and "land" 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 "cities" and "land" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.