Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But now many nations are gathered against you. They say, “Let her be defiled, let our eyes gloat over Zion!” New Living Translation Now many nations have gathered against you. “Let her be desecrated,” they say. “Let us see the destruction of Jerusalem.” English Standard Version Now many nations are assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.” Berean Standard Bible But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on 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. New King James Version Now also many nations have gathered against you, Who say, “Let her be defiled, And let our eye look upon Zion.” New American Standard Bible “And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, ‘Let her be defiled, And let our eyes gloat over Zion!’ NASB 1995 “And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, ‘Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.’ NASB 1977 “And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, ‘Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.’ Legacy Standard Bible But now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, ‘Let her be polluted, And let our eyes behold Zion in triumph.’ Amplified Bible “Now many [conquering] nations are assembled against you, Who say, ‘Let her be profaned [through Gentile presence and the temple’s destruction], And let our eyes gaze on and gloat over Zion.’ Christian Standard Bible Many nations have now assembled against you; they say, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on 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.” 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore many nations shall be assembled against you, those who have been saying: ”You shall be defiled, oh Zion, and our eye shall see it!” Brenton Septuagint Translation And now have many nations gathered against thee, saying, We will rejoice, and our eyes shall look upon Sion. Contemporary English Version Zion, because of your sins you are surrounded by many nations who say, "We can hardly wait to see you disgraced." 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. English Revised Version And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see its desire upon Zion. GOD'S WORD® Translation But now many nations gather against you. They say, "Let's dishonor Zion and gloat over it." Good News Translation Many nations have gathered to attack you. They say, "Jerusalem must be destroyed! We will see this city in ruins!" International Standard Version "Now many nations have gathered against you, saying, 'Let her be defiled,' and 'Let's look down on Zion.' JPS Tanakh 1917 And now many nations are assembled against thee, That say: 'Let her be defiled, and let our eye gaze upon Zion.' Literal Standard Version And now, many nations have gathered against you, who are saying: “Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.” Majority Standard Bible But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.” New American Bible And now many nations are gathered against you! They say, “Let her be profaned, let our eyes see Zion’s downfall!” NET Bible Many nations have now assembled against you. They say, "Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!" New Revised Standard Version Now many nations are assembled against you, saying, “Let her be profaned, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.” New Heart English Bible Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, "Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion." Webster's Bible Translation 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.” 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.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Restoration of Zion…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! 11But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.” 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.… Cross References Psalm 129:5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. Isaiah 5:25 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. Isaiah 10:7 But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations. Isaiah 17:12 Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters. Isaiah 29:7 All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel--even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her--will be like a dream, like a vision in the night, Ezekiel 26:3 therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. 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. Treasury of Scripture Now also many nations are gathered against you, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look on Zion. many. 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… 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: … 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. let our. 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. 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. Jump to Previous Assembled Defiled Desire Eye Eyes Fate Gathered Gaze Gloat Nations Polluted Profaned Together Unclean ZionJump to Next Assembled Defiled Desire Eye Eyes Fate Gathered Gaze Gloat Nations Polluted Profaned Together Unclean ZionMicah 4 1. The glory,5. and the peace of Christ's kingdom. 6. The restoration, 11. and victory of the church. (11) Let her be defiled.--The seventy-fourth Psalm records the calamity foreseen by the prophet: "They have cast fire into Thy sanctuary, they have defiled (by casting down) the dwelling-place of Thy Name to the ground." Look upon--i.e., contemplate her destruction with pleasure. Verses 11-13. - § 7. Rescued from Babylon, Zion overcomes all enemies in the strength of God. Verse 11. - Now also; and now. A new scene is presented in contrast to the view in vers, 1-4. Many nations are gathered against thee. Primarily the Assyrians are meant (Isaiah 33:3), whose armies were composed of various nationalities (Isaiah 22:6; see below, Micah 5:5). Pusey thinks that the reference is rather to the attacks of petty enemies, e.g. in Maccabean times, and in the Samaritans' opposition to the rebuilding of the temple. Cheyne would place vers. 5-10 in a parenthesis, and connect the present with the ideal description in vers. 1-4. Let her be defiled; i.e.. profaned, despoiled of her boasted holiness and inviolability. LXX., ἐπιχαρούμεθα, "we will rejoice." The Vulgate, lapidetur, points to her punishment as an adulteress, which does not suit the context. Let our eye look upon Zion. The heathen anticipate with malicious pleasure the sight of the humiliation of Jerusalem (comp. Obadiah 1:12, 13).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But nowוְעַתָּ֛ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time many רַבִּ֑ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great nations גּוֹיִ֣ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts have assembled נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ (ne·’es·p̄ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove against you, עָלַ֖יִךְ (‘ā·la·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against saying, הָאֹמְרִ֣ים (hā·’ō·mə·rîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say “Let her be defiled, תֶּחֱנָ֔ף (te·ḥĕ·nāp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2610: To be polluted or profane and let us feast our eyes עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ (‘ê·nê·nū) Noun - cdc | first person common plural Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain on Zion.” בְּצִיּ֖וֹן (bə·ṣî·yō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem Links Micah 4:11 NIVMicah 4:11 NLT Micah 4:11 ESV Micah 4:11 NASB Micah 4:11 KJV Micah 4:11 BibleApps.com Micah 4:11 Biblia Paralela Micah 4:11 Chinese Bible Micah 4:11 French Bible Micah 4:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Micah 4:11 Now many nations have assembled against you (Mc Mic. 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