Micah 4:11 But now many nations are gathered against you. They say, "Let her be defiled, let our eyes gloat over Zion!"

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
But now many nations are gathered against you. They say, "Let her be defiled, let our eyes gloat over Zion!"

English Standard Version
Now many nations are assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”

New American Standard Bible
"And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, 'Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.'

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Many nations have now assembled against you; they say, "Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion."

International Standard Version
"Now many nations have gathered against you, saying, 'Let her be defiled,' and 'Let's look down on 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion.

Darby Bible 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.'

Cross References

Psalm 129:5
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Isaiah 5:25
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them, and has smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the middle of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 10:7
However, he means not so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

Isaiah 17:12
Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

Isaiah 29:7
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her fortification, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

Ezekiel 26:3
Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes his waves to come up.

Obadiah 1:12
But you should not have looked on the day of your brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:9-13 Many nations would assemble against Zion to rejoice in her calamities. They would not understand that the Lord had collected them as sheaves are gathered to be threshed; and that Zion would be strengthened to beat them to pieces. Nothing has yet taken place in the history of the Jewish church agreeing with this prediction. When God has conquering work for his people to do, he will furnish them with strength and ability for it. Believers should cry aloud under distresses, with the prayer of faith, not with despondency.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. many nations—the subject peoples composing Babylon's armies: and also Edom, Ammon, &c., who exulted in Judah's fall (La 2:16; Ob 11-13).

defiled—metaphor from a virgin. Let her be defiled (that is, outraged by violence and bloodshed), and let our eye gaze insultingly on her shame and sorrow (Mic 7:10). Her foes desired to feast their eyes on her calamities.