I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will cut off the cities of your land, and will tear down all your strongholds.
- KJV And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
- NKJV I will cut off the cities of your land And throw down all your strongholds.
- NASB “I will also eliminate the cities of your land, And tear down all your fortifications.
- NLT I will tear down your walls and demolish your defenses.
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Quick answer
God will destroy the fortified cities and strongholds of His people. It continues the removal of misplaced confidence.
Overview
Along with weapons, the defensive fortifications are torn down so that the people cannot trust in their own strongholds. The pattern shows God dismantling every substitute for faith in Him. True security is found only in the LORD, not in human defenses.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Isa 2:12–17For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
- Zech 4:6So 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.
- Amos 5:9He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
- Ezek 38:11You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—
- Isa 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
- Hos 10:14the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
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