Micah 4:11 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Micah 4:9 Now, why dost thou shout aloud? A king--is there none in thee? Hath thy counsellor perished, That taken hold of thee hath pain as a travailing woman?

Micah 4:10 Be pained, and bring forth, O daughter of Zion, As a travailing woman, For now, thou goest forth from the city, And thou hast dwelt in the field, And thou hast gone unto Babylon, There thou art delivered, There redeem thee doth Jehovah from the hand of thine enemies.

Micah 4:11 And now, gathered against thee have been many nations, who are saying: `Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.'

Micah 4:12 They have not known the thoughts of Jehovah, Nor have they understood His counsel, For He hath gathered them as a sheaf <FI>into<Fi> a threshing-floor.

Micah 4:13 Arise, and thresh, O daughter of Zion, For thy horn I make iron, And thy hoofs I make brass, And thou hast beaten small many peoples, And I have devoted to Jehovah their gain, And their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gathered", "against", "thee", "been", "nations", "saying", "defiled", and "eyes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gathered" and "against", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Be pained and bring forth O daughter..." into verse 12's "They have not known the thoughts of...", so "gathered" and "against" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "gathered" and "against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.