The people who hated Zion {\cf2\super [615]} were defeated.\par They stopped fighting and ran away.\par
Micah 4:11 - Easy To Read Version Many nations have come\par to fight against you.\par They say,\par “Look, there is Zion! {\cf2\super [55]} \par Let’s attack her!”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now many nations are assembled against you, saying, Let her be profaned and let our eyes gaze upon Zion. American Standard Version (1901) And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion. Common English Bible Now many nations may gather against you; they say, “Let her be defiled,” or “Let our eyes look with desire at Zion.” Catholic Public Domain Version And now many peoples have been gathered together against you, and they say, "Let her be stoned and let our eyes gaze upon Zion." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion. |
The people who hated Zion {\cf2\super [615]} were defeated.\par They stopped fighting and ran away.\par
God, all those people joined together\par to fight against you\par and the Agreement {\cf2\super [476]} \par you made with us.\par
“But Assyria {\cf2\super [114]} does not understand that I will use him. Assyria does not think that he is a tool for me. Assyria only wants to destroy other people. Assyria only plans to destroy many nations.
Listen to the many, many people!\par They are crying loud like the noise\par from the sea.\par Listen to the noise.\par It is like the crashing\par and crashing of waves in the sea.\par
Many, many nations fought against Ariel. {\cf2\super [267]} It has been like a terrible dream in the night. Armies have surrounded Ariel and punished her.
So, in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month {\cf2\super [434]} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, marched against Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar had his whole army with him. The army of Babylon set up their camp outside of Jerusalem. Then they built ramps all around the city walls \{so they could get over those walls\}.
So the Lord my Master says: “I am against you, Tyre! I will bring many nations to fight against you. They will come again and again, like waves on the beach.”
The Lord my Master says these things, “\{At that time, people will remember\} that I spoke about you in the past. They will remember that I used my servants the prophets of Israel. They will remember that the prophets of Israel spoke for me in the past and said that I would bring you to fight against them.”
My enemy said to me,\par “Where is the Lord your God?”\par But my enemy will see this,\par and she will be ashamed.\par At that time, I will laugh at her. {\cf2\super [81]} \par People will walk over her,\par like mud in the streets.\par
But I will make Jerusalem like a heavy rock—anyone that tries to take it will hurt himself. Those people will really be cut and scratched. But all the nations on earth will come together to fight against Jerusalem.