Micah 5:10
in Micah 5“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:
KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
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This verse in Micah 5
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Solomon had disregarded this command (1Ki 10:26, 28). Hereafter, saith God, I will remove these impediments to the free course of My grace: horses, chariots, &c., on which ye trust. The Church will never be safe, till she is stripped of all creature trusts, and rests on Jehovah alone [CALVIN].
This site's exposition
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries
on Micah 5:9-11
Victory over every adversary opens directly into a catalog of purging, the Lord promising in that day to cut off the horses out of Israel's own midst and destroy her chariots, stripping away the very military hardware a nation trusts in place of God. The cities and strongholds follow the horses and chariots, political security built on walls and garrisons cut down along with the mounted force. The bench reads triumph and purging as one act rather than two, the Lord winning the battle for Israel precisely by removing what Israel had been tempted to win it with herself.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 7 onwards) And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or delay for the sons of men.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The Abasement and Distress of Zion; Birth of the Messiah Predicted; 1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
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I will cut off - Not in judgment, but in mercy, for there shall be no need of them, nor shall the church of God any more rely on them. Thy chariots - Chariots prepared for war.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I will cut off thy horses - Thou shalt have no need of cavalry in thine armies; God will fight for you.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And it shall come to pass in that day - Of grace in the kingdom of Christ and of His Presence in the Apostles and with the Church; “I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee.” The greater the glory and purity of the church, the less it needs or hangs upon human aid. The more it is reft of human aid, the more it hangs upon God.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And I will destroy your cities —And you will no longer need fortified cities.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֤ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַיּוֹם־ | vaiyom- | in the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַהוּא֙ | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י | vehikhrati | and I will cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| סוּסֶ֖יךָ | suseikha | horses your | H5483 → | |
| מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ | mikirbecha | from midst your | H7130 → | 227 times |
| וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖י | vehaavadti | and I will destroy | H6 → | 184 times |
| מַרְכְּבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | markevoteikha | chariots your | H4818 → |
וְהָיָ֤הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
בַיּוֹם־in the day
vaiyom-H3117 →2304 times
הַהוּא֙<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהִכְרַתִּ֥יand I will cut off
vehikhratiH3772 →288 times
סוּסֶ֖יךָhorses your
suseikhaH5483 →
מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָfrom midst your
mikirbechaH7130 →227 times
וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יand I will destroy
vehaavadtiH6 →184 times
מַרְכְּבֹתֶֽיךָ׃chariots your
markevoteikhaH4818 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 1:7Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
it leads to
- Zechariah 4:6
So 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.
- Isaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- 2 Kings 19:35
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the…
- Psalms 44:3–6
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…
- Zechariah 4:6
Through
Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
it leads to
- Psalms 10:14
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
- John 14:18
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
- Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
- Psalms 10:14
Where this verse is studied
About Micah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Micah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.