American Standard Version
"And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion. "
— Micah 4:11, American Standard Version
“Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.”
“Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, "Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion."”
“Many nations have now assembled against you. They say,“Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!””
“And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion.”
“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.”
“Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.”
And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?
Be 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.
And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.