‏ Micah 5:10-14

Everything Taken Away That Man Relies On

The answer of the LORD is that He will take away everything mentioned in Mic 5:10-14. They are all things on which the heart of His people trust instead of on Him. Above all, He takes this false trust away from their hearts, but at the same time destroys the tangible means on which they rely. Only in this way can Israel remain usable in the hand of the LORD. It is a characteristic of the Messianic era that all means of battle and idolatry in every form have been completely eradicated. They will not want to know more about it (Hos 14:3).

The first carnal means to be eradicated are “horses” and “chariots” from which they derived their false human strength (Mic 5:10). They have relied on horses and chariots and multiplied them (Psa 20:7). The LORD will eradicate them from their midst, so that they cannot be tempted to trust them again. The picture of war horses and chariot does not fit the realm of peace.

It will also no longer be possible to entrench oneself behind the city walls (Mic 5:11). They have built their cities as settlements and that gives them the feeling of security. That the LORD is their guarantor of protection and security, they don’t think about that any more. The LORD will tear down this false security. Israel will be able to live in peace in the country without external protection, but under the protection of the LORD (Zec 2:4-5).

In Mic 5:12-13 it is about the false religion, the sinful worship of God. First there are the “sorceries” and “fortune-tellers” (Mic 5:12). The sorceries are exterminated “from your hand”. This may be seen in objects that are held in the hand and to which magical powers are ascribed. The foolishness to go to fortune-tellers to know what the future brings will not happen again. On the one hand because those people have been exterminated and on the other hand because the glorious future has become present.

Many of them have said to the work of their hands: ‘You are our gods’ (Mic 5:13). But now idolatry will be abolished and abandoned. The LORD will exterminate the carved images and the sacred pillars - these are both the movable and the fixed. With the idols they have erected monuments, including sacred pillars, and there are cities dedicated to idolatry (Mic 5:14). The LORD will radically deal with this too.

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