Micah 7 · Verse 11

Micah 7:11

In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
Micah 7:11, King James Version

Micah 7:11 in other translations

BSBThe day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary.
WEBA day to build your walls! In that day, he will extend your boundary.
ASVA day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.
YLTThe day to build thy walls! That day--removed is the limit.
DARBYIn the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.
BBEA day for building your walls! in that day will your limits be stretched far and wide.
WebsterIn the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

What does Micah 7:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. thy walls ... be built--under Cyrus, after the seventy years' captivity; and again, hereafter, when the Jews shall be restored (Am 9:11; Zec 12:6). shall the decree be far removed--namely, thy tyrannical decree or rule of Babylon shall be put away from thee, "the statutes that were not good" (Eze 20:25) [Calvin]. Psa 102:13-16; Is 9:4. The Hebrew is against Maurer's translation, "the boundary of the city shall be far extended," so as to contain the people flocking into it from all nations (Mi 7:12; Is 49:20; 54:2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 In the day that thy walls are to be built - This refers to Jerusalem; the decree, to the purpose of God to deliver the people into captivity. "This shall be far removed." God having purposed their return, I cannot think, with some commentators, that this verse contains threatenings against Jerusalem, and not promises. See Hag 1:1-15 (note), where the subject is similar; and the restoration of Jerusalem is certainly what the prophet describes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 7:8-13

Those truly penitent for sin, will see great reason to be patient under affliction. When we complain to the Lord of the badness of the times, we ought to complain against ourselves for the badness of our hearts. We must depend upon God to work deliverance for us in due time. We must not only look to him, but look for him. In our greatest distresses, we shall see no reason to despair of salvation, if by faith we look…

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Micah 7:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

י֖וֹםYoma dayH3117
לִבְנ֣וֹתliv.Notto buildH1129
גְּדֵרָ֑יִךְge.de.Ra.yikhwalls yourH1447
י֥וֹםYoma dayH3117
הַה֖וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
יִרְחַק\־yir.chak-it will be farH7368
חֹֽק\׃Choka boundaryH2706

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Cross references for Micah 7:11

  • Amos 9:11-15

    In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. …

  • Nehemiah 4:6

    So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

  • Isaiah 54:11

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

  • Nehemiah 2:8

    And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

  • Ezra 4:12-24

    Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king; That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. …

  • Nehemiah 4:3

    Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

  • Nehemiah 2:17

    Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

  • Nehemiah 3:1-16

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. …

  • Daniel 9:25

    Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

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the day.
Ne 2:17; 3:1-16; 4:3,6; Da 9:25; Am 9:11-15
shall.
Ezr 4:12-24; Ne 2:8

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Context

  • Micah 7:10

    Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  • Micah 7:11

    In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

  • Micah 7:12

    In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

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Micah 7:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El día en que se edificarán tus muros, aquel día será alejado el mandamiento.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Au jour où tes murs doivent se bâtir, ce jour-là, la limite établie sera reculée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ein Tag kommt, um deine Mauern aufzubauen. An jenem Tage wird die Schranke entfernt werden;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dies, ut ædificentur maceriæ tuæ; in die illa longe fiet lex.