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Micah 4:11

Zion
Judgment

9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

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

12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole 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 thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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  • Isaiah 5:25–30

    Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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  • 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.

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  • Lamentations 2:15–16

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

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  • Isaiah 8:7–8

    Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

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  • Joel 3:2–15

    I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

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  • Jeremiah 52:4

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

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