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Micah 4:11

What does Micah 4:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Micah 4:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And now a number of nations have come together against you, and they say, Let her be made unclean and let our eyes see the fate of Zion.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And now, gathered against thee have been many nations, who are saying: `Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.

Context

v.10Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon: there shalt thou be rescued; there will Jehovah redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

v.11This passage

v.12But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 5:25

    Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Lamentations 2:15

    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 called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

  • 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 encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

  • Micah 7:10

    Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  • Joel 3:2

    I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment upon them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land,

  • Obadiah 1:12

    But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.

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