Micah 4:11

Now also Goyim rabbim are gathered against thee, 1 that say: Let her be profaned and desecrated, 1 and let our eye gloat over Tziyon. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O Bat Tziyon, 1 like a woman in labor; 1 for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, 1 and thou shalt dwell in the sadeh, 1 and thou shalt go even to Babylon; 1 there shalt thou be rescued; 1 there Hashem shall redeem thee 1 from the hand of thine oyvim (enemies). 1

12But they have no da'as of the machshevot Hashem (thoughts of Hashem ), 1 neither have they binah (understanding) of His etzah (divine plan); 1 for He shall gather them like the sheaves into the threshing floor. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:25Therefore is the Af Hashem kindled against His people, 1 and He hath stretched forth His yad against them, 1 and hath struck them down; and the mountains did tremble, 1 and their nevilah were like refuse in the streets. 1 For all this His anger is not turned away, 1 but His yad is stretched out still. 1

Jeremiah 52:4And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel came, he and all his army, against Yerushalayim, and encamped against it, and built siegeworks against it round about.

Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee; 1 they hiss and gnash their teeth; 1 they cry: We have swallowed her! 1 This is the Yom that we waited for; 1 we have found, we have seen it. 1

Joel 3:2And also upon the avadim and upon the shefachot 1 in those days will I pour out My Ruach. + 3:2 Hakodesh, see Ac 2:1-42

Micah 7:10Then mine enemy shall see it, 1 and bushah (shame) shall cover her 1 which said unto me: Where is Hashem thy G-d? 1 Mine eyes shall behold her; 1 now shall she be trodden down like the mire of the streets. 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 4:9-13

Judgments and Mercies. ( b. c. 726.) 8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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