Micah 4:11

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And now, gathered against thee have been many nations, who are saying: `Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Micah 4:11 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 83:5For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
  2. Isaiah 5:25Therefore 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 turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  3. Isaiah 8:7the 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.
  4. 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 around it.
  5. Lamentations 2:15All 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?”
  6. Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
  7. Ezekiel 38:17This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those times prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?
  8. Joel 3:2I 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Zechariah 12:3On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.

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