All Your Enemies Cut Off Micah 5:13

Micah the prophet shared concerning “the remnant of Jacob”, and he likened them to “dew from the LORD” and “showers upon the grass”. He said they would be “in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest” and “as a young lion among the flocks of sheep”. In other words, they would be a nation who would have influence over and conquer many nations surrounding them. In chapter five and verse thirteen, Micah tells how all of this remnant's “enemies shall be cut off” where we read:

Your hand shall be lifted up upon your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.

The verse begins, “Your hand shall be lifted up upon your adversaries,” Micah uses the phrase, “your hand” which refers to the “power and might” “shall be lifted up” or “be exalted and set on high” “upon your adversaries” which refers to “foes, enemies and oppressors”. Not only would this “remnant” have influence over “many nations”, but those who were their foes would fall under their power.

The verse continues, “and all your enemies shall be cut off.” Not only would these foes fall under the “remnant's” mighty hand, but also, “and all your enemies” which were “both personal and national” “shall be cut off” or “cut down, killed, eliminated and severed like a body part”. If we use our imaginations with this phrase, there is a gruesome fate that awaits the “enemies” of “the remnant” of Israel.

As we think through this prophesy of Micah, we realize that those who opposed Israel were not just people with a little dislike of them. They intended to destroy Israel, and when this “remnant” appears, it will be quite the same. The daunting part about this prophesy is that the LORD is promising through the prophet Micah that these things shall be so. In fact, Micah uses the phrase “shall be” twice in this same verse. May Micah's words help us to align ourselves with God's chosen people Israel, and may we never fall under the power of it's mighty “hand” or be “cut off” as those who are in opposition to them.

Next time Micah writes concerning horses and chariots, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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