Micah 4:11 “But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be d…”

Micah 4:11

But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

World English Bible

Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, “Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion.”

American Standard Version

And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe also many nations are gathered against thee, saying, Zion shalbe condemned and our eye shall looke vpon Zion.

Darby Translation

And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.

Young's Literal Translation

And now, gathered against thee have been many nations, who are saying: 'Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.'

Bible in Basic English

And now a number of nations have come together against you, and they say, Let her be made unclean and let our eyes see the fate of Zion.

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Cross references

“many”

Isaiah 5:25–30 Jeremiah 52:4 Joel 3:2–15 Isaiah 8:7 Isaiah 8:8 Lamentations 2:15

Isaiah 5:25–30 · BSB

Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turne…

Jeremiah 52:4 · BSB

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all arou…

Joel 3:2–15 · BSB

I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as th…

Isaiah 8:7 · BSB

the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

Isaiah 8:8 · BSB

It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

Lamentations 2:15 · BSB

All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

“let our”

Obadiah 1:12 Micah 7:10

Obadiah 1:12 · BSB

But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.

Micah 7:10 · BSB

Then 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

12But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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