Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The day for building your walls will come, the day for extending your boundaries. New Living Translation In that day, Israel, your cities will be rebuilt, and your borders will be extended. English Standard Version A day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be far extended. Berean Standard Bible The day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary. King James Bible In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. New King James Version In the day when your walls are to be built, In that day the decree shall go far and wide. New American Standard Bible It will be a day for building your walls. On that day your boundary will be extended. NASB 1995 It will be a day for building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended. NASB 1977 It will be a day for building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended. Legacy Standard Bible It will be a day for building your walls. On that day your boundary will be extended. Amplified Bible It shall be a day for building your walls, On that day the boundary [of Israel] shall be [greatly] extended. Christian Standard Bible A day will come for rebuilding your walls; on that day your boundary will be extended. Holman Christian Standard Bible A day will come for rebuilding your walls; on that day your boundary will be extended. American Standard Version A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed. Contemporary English Version Towns of Judah, the day is coming when your walls will be rebuilt, and your boundaries enlarged. English Revised Version A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed. GOD'S WORD® Translation The day for rebuilding your walls and extending your borders is coming. Good News Translation People of Jerusalem, the time to rebuild the city walls is coming. At that time your territory will be enlarged. International Standard Version When the time comes for rebuilding your walls, that time will surely be extended. Majority Standard Bible The day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary. NET Bible It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended. New Heart English Bible A day to build your walls--In that day, he will extend your boundary. Webster's Bible Translation In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. World English Bible A day to build your walls! In that day, he will extend your boundary. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe day to build your walls! That day—removed is the limit. Young's Literal Translation The day to build thy walls! That day -- removed is the limit. Smith's Literal Translation The day for the building of thy walls, that day shall the law be removed far off. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe day shall come, that thy walls may be built up: in that day shall the law be far removed. Catholic Public Domain Version The day that your walls will be rebuilt, in that day the law will be far away. New American Bible It is the day for building your walls; on that day your boundaries shall be enlarged. New Revised Standard Version A day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be far extended. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIt is a day to build your walls; it is a day to be lifted up. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated That is the day to build your fences; that is the day that you shall be raised up! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The day for building thy walls, even that day, shall be far removed.' Brenton Septuagint Translation It is the day of making of brick; that day shall be thine utter destruction, and that day shall utterly abolish thine ordinances. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel Looks to the LORD…10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets. 11The day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary. 12On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.… Cross References Isaiah 54:2-3 “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep. / For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities. Amos 9:11-12 “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old, / that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this. Zechariah 2:4-5 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. / For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’” Isaiah 60:10-11 Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy. / Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession. Isaiah 49:19-20 For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. / Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’ Jeremiah 31:38-40 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. / The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah. / The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.” Ezekiel 36:35-36 Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’ / Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it. Zechariah 8:12-13 “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance. / As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.” Isaiah 61:4-5 They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. / Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers. Isaiah 58:12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling. Acts 15:16-17 ‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, / so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things Revelation 21:24-26 By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. / Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there. / And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations. Ephesians 2:19-22 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, / built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. / In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. ... Hebrews 11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. Revelation 11:1-2 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. / But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. Treasury of Scripture In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. the day. 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… Nehemiah 4:3,6 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… shall. 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… 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. Jump to Previous Boundaries Boundary Build Building Built Decree Established Extend Extended Extending Far Limits Recede Removed Stretched Walls WideJump to Next Boundaries Boundary Build Building Built Decree Established Extend Extended Extending Far Limits Recede Removed Stretched Walls WideMicah 7 1. The church, complaining of her small number,3. and the general corruption, 5. puts her confidence not in man, but in God. 8. She triumphs over her enemies. 14. She prays to God. 15. God comforts her by promises of confusion to her enemies; 18. and by his mercies. The day for rebuilding your walls This phrase speaks to a future hope and restoration. In the Hebrew context, "walls" (חומות, chomot) symbolize protection, security, and the strength of a city. Historically, walls were essential for the defense of ancient cities, and their destruction often signified defeat and vulnerability. The promise of rebuilding indicates a reversal of past judgments and a return to divine favor. Spiritually, this can be seen as God’s assurance of restoring His people, not just physically but also spiritually, as they return to Him and His ways. will come the day for extending your boundary Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The dayי֖וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day for rebuilding לִבְנ֣וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1129: To build your walls will come— גְּדֵרָ֑יִךְ (gə·ḏê·rā·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1447: A circumvallation, an inclosure the הַה֖וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are day י֥וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day for extending יִרְחַק־ (yir·ḥaq-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant your boundary. חֹֽק׃ (ḥōq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute Links Micah 7:11 NIVMicah 7:11 NLT Micah 7:11 ESV Micah 7:11 NASB Micah 7:11 KJV Micah 7:11 BibleApps.com Micah 7:11 Biblia Paralela Micah 7:11 Chinese Bible Micah 7:11 French Bible Micah 7:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Micah 7:11 A day to build your walls-- (Mc Mic. 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