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Micah 4:11

Zion
Judgment

9 Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

10 Writhe 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!

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

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

13 Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
KJV
Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
WEB
Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, “Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion.”
ASV
And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see [our desire] upon Zion.
DARBY
And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.
BLB
And now many nations are gathered against you, those saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”
ÅB
Nå har mange folkeslag samlet seg mot deg,
og de sier:
«La den bli vanhelliget,
så vi kan se på Sion med lyst!»
OTB
Og nå har mange folkeslag samlet seg mot deg
Som sier, “La henne bli vanæret,
Og la våre øyne fryde seg over Sion!”
B1930
Nu har mange folkeslag samlet sig mot dig, og de sier: Måtte det bli vanhelliget, så våre øine kan se med lyst på Sion!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Obadiah 1:12

    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.

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  • Isaiah 5:25–30

    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 lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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  • Micah 7:10

    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.

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  • Lamentations 2:15–16

    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?”

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  • Isaiah 8:7–8

    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.

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  • Joel 3:2–15

    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 they divided up My land.

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  • Jeremiah 52:4

    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 around it.

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