King James Version

Micah 5:11

And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

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In the Hebrew text this line is Micah 5:10.

וְהִכְרַתִּ֖יvehikhratiand covenantכָּרַתconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and covenant”, a completed action in a sequenceH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.עָרֵ֣יarecityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.אַרְצֶ֑ךָartsekhaearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְהָרַסְתִּ֖יveharastiand breakהָרַסconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and break”, a completed action in a sequenceH2040to pull down or in pieces, break, destroybeat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מִבְצָרֶֽיךָmivtsareykhafencedמִבְצָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “fenced”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4013a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender(de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(5-10) And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have cut off the cities of thy land, And I have thrown down all thy fortresses,

World English Bible

I will cut off the cities of your land and will tear down all your strongholds.

Darby Translation

And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and overthrow all thy strongholds.

Douay-Rheims

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.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(5-10) And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐξολεθρεύσω τὰς πόλεις τῆς γῆς σου, καὶ ἐξαρῶ πάντα τὰ ὀχυρώματά σου·