Micah 4:11

Translations

Modern

But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

Traditional

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

Literal

And now many nations are gathered against you, those saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”

Latin

Et nunc congregatæ sunt super te gentes multæ, quæ dicunt: Lapidetur, et aspiciat in Sion oculus noster.

Original

Hebrew

English

But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

Notes

Micah 4:11–13

assembled against you: This refers first to the attack of Babylon against Jerusalem in 588–586 BC. At the same time, it also points to a future attack against a restored and ideal Jerusalem described in Micah 4:1–5 (compare Revelation 20:7–9).

Micah 3:1–5:15

This message accuses the evil leaders who harmed God's people. It contrasts them with a vision of God's kingdom and a righteous king's rule. After facing judgment and exile, a purified Israel would return and receive God's blessings.

Events

Prophecies of Micahc. 754 BC

Related verses

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.
Micah 7:10
Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
Isaiah 5:25–30
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 lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Isaiah 8:7–8
…the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Jeremiah 52:4
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
Joel 3:2–15
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
Lamentations 2:15–16
All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

Parallels

Zechariah 8:1–23

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Book of Micah Lamentations, Book of

Micah 4:11

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