SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:11
Pero ahora se han juntado muchas naciones contra ti, y dicen: Sea profanada, y vean nuestros ojos su deseo sobre Sion.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Micah 4:11
Verse 11. Many nations are gathered against thee] The Chaldeans, who were composed of many nations. And, we may add, all the surrounding nations were their enemies; and rejoiced when the Chaldean army had overthrown Jerusalem, destroyed the temple, and led the people away captive. Let her be defiled] This was their cry and their wish: Let Jerusalem be laid as low as she can be, like a thing defiled and cast away with abhorrence; that their eyes might look upon Zion with scorn, contempt, and exultation.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. Now also many nations are gathered against thee , etc.] Which is to be understood, not of Sennacherib’s army invading Judea, and besieging Jerusalem, in Hezekiah’s time; for that was not threshed, as the phrase is afterwards used, or destroyed by the daughter of Zion, but by an angel from heaven: nor of the Babylonians or Chaldeans, since they succeeded in their attempt, and were the conquerors, and not conquered: rather this respects the times of the Maccabees, as the series of prophecy and history agreeing together shows; in which times many of the neighbouring nations of the Jews gave them a great deal of trouble, and especially Antiochus king of Syria; and many and mighty armies sent by him. The Jews, as Kimchi, Aben Ezra, and Abarbinel f144 , interpret this of the armies of Gog and Magog, in the times of their vainly expected Messiah. Some Christian interpreters, with much more probability, understand this passage of the first times of the Gospel, and the opposition made to that and the Christian church, which yet in the issue prevailed; and perhaps it may have reference to the last times, and receive its full accomplishment in the battle at Armageddon, ( Revelation 16:14-16 19:19-21); that say, let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion ; either defiled with sin; so the Targum, “that say, when will she sin, and our eye shall behold the fall of Zion?” as the effect of her sin: or, as others, “let her play the hypocrite” f145 ; and be condemned as such: or rather, be defiled with slaughter and bloodshed, that they might be delighted with so pleasing a sight, and their eyes might feed with pleasure on an object so agreeable to their wishes.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-13 - Many nations would assemble against Zion to rejoice in her calamities They would not understand that the Lord had collected them as sheave are gathered to be threshed; and that Zion would be strengthened to beat them to pieces. Nothing has yet taken place in the history of the Jewish church agreeing with this prediction. When God has conquerin work for his people to do, he will furnish them with strength an ability for it. Believers should cry aloud under distresses, with the prayer of faith, not with despondency __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ועתה 6258 נאספו 622 עליך 5921 גוים 1471 רבים 7227 האמרים 559 תחנף 2610 ותחז 2372 בציון 6726 עינינו׃ 5869
