Micah 4:11New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, ‘Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.’
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see [its desire] upon Zion.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see [our desire] upon Zion.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Meanwhile, therefore, shall be gathered against thee many nations,—who are saying—Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And now, gathered against thee have been many nations, who are saying: 'Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Nowe also many nations are gathered against thee, saying, Zion shalbe condemned and our eye shall looke vpon Zion.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, & let our eye look vpon Zion.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Now many nations shall gather against you, who say, Let Zion be defiled, and let our eyes look upon it.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And now have many nations gathered against thee, saying, We will rejoice, and our eyes shall look upon Zion{gr.Sion}.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Tziyyon. |
Now
x6258 (6258) Complementאַתָּה`attah{at-taw'}
From H6256; at this time, whether adverbial, conjugational or expletive.
also many
7227 {7227} Primeרַבrab{rab}
By contraction from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).
nations
1471 {1471} Primeגּוֹיgowy{go'-ee}
Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.
are gathered
622 {0622} Primeאסף'acaph{aw-saf'}
A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence to receive, take away, that is, remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.).
z8738 <8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 1429
against
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
thee, that say,
559 {0559} Primeאָמַר'amar{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
Let her be defiled,
2610 {2610} Primeחָנֵףchaneph{khaw-nafe'}
A primitive root; to soil, especially in a moral sense.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
and let our eye
5869 {5869} Primeעַיִן`ayin{ah'-yin}
Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape).
look
2372 {2372} Primeחָזָהchazah{khaw-zaw'}
A primitive root; to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically to have a vision of.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
upon
Xiyyôn
צִיּוֹן.
6726 {6726} PrimeצִיּוֹןTsiyown{tsee-yone'}
The same (regular) as H6725; Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem. |
Micah 4:11
_ _ many nations — the subject peoples composing Babylon’s armies: and also Edom, Ammon, etc., who exulted in Judah’s fall (Lamentations 2:16; Obadiah 1:11-13).
_ _ 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 (Micah 7:10). Her foes desired to feast their eyes on her calamities. |
Micah 4:11
Now — The time is at hand. Defiled — Let her be polluted with blood, and let us enter, sack and destroy her temple and palaces. Look — With delight on her destruction. |
- 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. ... And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if [one] look unto the land, behold darkness [and] sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
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: ... And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach [even] to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
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.
Lamentations 2:15-16 All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying, Is] this the city that [men] call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? ... All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up: certainly this [is] the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen [it].
Joel 3:2-15 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. ... The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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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.
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