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Micah 4:11

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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ASV

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

KJV

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

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֛הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
נֶאֶסְפ֥וּne.'es.Futhey have gatheredH622 →
עָלַ֖יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921 →
גּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimnationsH1471 →
רַבִּ֑יםra.BimmanyH7227 →
הָאֹמְרִ֣יםha.'o.me.Rimthat are sayingH559 →
תֶּחֱנָ֔ףte.che.Naflet her be pollutedH2610 →
וְתַ֥חַזve.Ta.chazand let it lookH2372 →
בְּצִיּ֖וֹןbe.tzi.Yonon ZionH6726 →
עֵינֵֽינוּ׃'ei.Nei.nueyes ourH5869 →

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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.Jeremiah 30:16Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.Zechariah 2:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—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 turned away; His hand is still upraised.Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.Ezekiel 26:3therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.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?”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.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.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 they divided up My land.Lamentations 1:7In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.Psalms 129:5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.Exodus 15:7You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

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Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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