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The Restoration of Zion

Micah 4:11

In 11 translations

BSB
But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
KJV
¶ Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
WEB
Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, “Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion.”
ASV
And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.
LSV
And now, many nations have gathered against you, who are saying: “Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.”
YLT
And now, gathered against thee have been many nations, who are saying: 'Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.'
DBY
And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.
DRC
And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion.
GNV
Nowe also many nations are gathered against thee, saying, Zion shalbe condemned and our eye shall looke vpon Zion.
JPS
And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say: 'Let her be defiled, and let our eye gaze upon Zion.'
LXXE
And now have many nations gathered against thee, saying, We will rejoice, and our eyes shall look upon Sion.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְעַתָּ֛ה נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ עָלַ֖יִךְ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֑ים הָאֹמְרִ֣ים תֶּחֱנָ֔ף וְתַ֥חַז בְּצִיּ֖וֹן עֵינֵֽינוּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ νῦν ἐπισυνήχθησαν ἐπὶ σὲ ἔθνη πολλὰ, λέγοντες, ἐπιχαρούμεθα, καὶ ἐπόψονται ἐπὶ Σιὼν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν.

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📍 Zion◆ Prophecies of Micah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Obadiah 1:12But 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 7:10Then 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 5:25–30Therefore 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 lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not…
  • Joel 3:2–15I 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…
  • Jeremiah 52:4So 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…
  • Isaiah 8:7–8the 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. It will pour into Judah, swirling and…
  • Lamentations 2:15–16All 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?” All your enemies…

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