Micah 4:11

Now many nations are assembled against you; 1 they say, 'Let her be defiled; 1 let our eyes gloat over Zion.' 1

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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 1 and labor to give birth, 1 daughter of Zion, 1 like a woman in labor. 1 For now you will you go out of the city, 1 live in the field, 1 and go to Babylon. 1 There you will be rescued. 1 There Yahweh will rescue you 1 from the hand of your enemies. 1

12They do not know Yahweh's thoughts, 1 neither do they understand his plans, 1 for he has gathered them like bundles of grain prepared for the threshing floor. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of Yahweh is kindled against his people. He has reached out with his hand against them and has punished them. 1 The mountains tremble, and their corpses are like garbage in the streets. 1 In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out. 1

Jeremiah 52:4It happened that in the ninth year of the reign of King Zedekiah, in the tenth month, and on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came with all his army against Jerusalem. They camped opposite it, and they built a siege wall around it.

Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. 1 They sneer and grind their teeth in rage and say, “We have swallowed her up! 1 This is the day we have waited for! We have lived to see it!” 1

Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations, 1 and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. 1 I will judge them there, 1 because of my people and my inheritance Israel, 1 whom they scattered among the nations, 1 and because they divided up my land. 1

Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see it, 1 and shame will cover the one who said to me, 1 “Where is Yahweh your God?” 1 My eyes will look at her; 1 she will be trampled down like the mud in 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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