Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries. In Isaiah 26:11 ("Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see) it is Yahweh's hand that is lifted up; here Israel's, as Micah 5:8 implies, just as "Zion" is addressed and directed to "beat in pieces many people" (Micah 4:13: cf. Isaiah 54:15; Isaiah 54:17). For Israel's foes are Yahweh's foes. When her hand is said to be lifted up, it is Yahweh's hand that strikes the foe by her (cf. Exodus 13:9 with 14:8).