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and I will cut off the cities of your land, and will throw down all your strongholds.
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Divine Protection, Not Walls
Commentators explain that God's promise to remove cities and strongholds is not a threat, but a picture of ultimate security. In the Messianic kingdom, physical fortresses will be obsolete because God Himself will be a "wall of fire" around His people (Zechariah 2:4–5). True safety is found not in human defenses but in God's direct presence and protection.
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Micah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will cut off the cities of your land - So God promised by Zechariah, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls; for I will b…
19th Century
Anglican
I will cut off the cities. —Fenced cities and the other paraphernalia of war will be unnecessary in the Messiah’s kingdom: the…
16th Century
Protestant
A most necessary admonition is introduced here so that the faithful may know how they are to be preserved by the hand and favor of God, even when t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will cut off the cities of your land, and throw down all your strong holds . The meaning is, they s…
The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the early times, were among many nations like the drops of dew and were made instruments in calling a…
