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Micah 4:11–13

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4:11Many nations have now assembled against you.

They say, “Jerusalem must be desecrated,34

so we can gloat over Zion!”35

4:12But they do not know what the Lord is planning;

they do not understand his strategy.

He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed36 at the threshing floor.

4:13“Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion!

For I will give you iron horns;37

I will give you bronze hooves,

and you will crush many nations.”38

You will devote to the Lord the spoils you take from them,

and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler39 of the whole earth.40

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Footnotes

  1. 34 Heb “let her be desecrated.” the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 35 Heb “and let our eye look upon Zion.”
  3. 36 The words “to be threshed” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation to make it clear that the Lord is planning to enable “Daughter Zion” to “thresh” her enemies.
  4. 37 Heb “I will make your horn iron.”
  5. 38 Jerusalem (Daughter Zion at the beginning of the verse; cf. 4:8) is here compared to a powerful ox which crushes the grain on the threshing floor with its hooves.
  6. 39 Or “the Lord” (so many English versions); Heb “the master.”
  7. 40 Heb “and their wealth to the master of all the earth.” The verb “devote” does double duty in the parallelism and is supplied in the second line for clarification. In vv. 11–13 the prophet jumps from the present crisis (which will result in exile, v. 10) to a time beyond the restoration of the exiles when God will protect his city from invaders. The Lord’s victory over the Assyrian armies in 701 b.c. foreshadowed this.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now many nations

are assembled against you,

saying, “Let her be defiled,

and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”

But they do not know

the thoughts of the Lord;

they do not understand his plan,

that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.

Arise and thresh,

O daughter of Zion,

for I will make your horn iron,

and I will make your hoofs bronze;

you shall beat in pieces many peoples;

and shall devote their gain to the Lord,

their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But now many nations

are gathered against you.

They say, “Let her be defiled,

let our eyes gloat over Zion!”

But they do not know

the thoughts of the Lord;

they do not understand his plan,

that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

“Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,

for I will give you horns of iron;

I will give you hooves of bronze,

and you will break to pieces many nations.”

You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,

their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Many nations have now assembled against you;

they say, “Let her be defiled,

and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

But they do not know the Lord’s intentions

or understand his plan,

that he has gathered them

like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,

for I will make your horns iron

and your hooves bronze

so you can crush many peoples.

Then you will set apart their plunder

for the Lord,

their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Now many nations have gathered against you.

“Let her be desecrated,” they say.

“Let us see the destruction of Jerusalem.”

But they do not know the Lord’s thoughts

or understand his plan.

These nations don’t know

that he is gathering them together

to be beaten and trampled

like sheaves of grain on a threshing floor.

“Rise up and crush the nations, O Jerusalem!”

says the Lord.

“For I will give you iron horns and bronze hooves,

so you can trample many nations to pieces.

You will present their stolen riches to the Lord,

their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.”

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And now, many nations are gathered against you

who are saying, ‘Let her be defiled,

and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.’

But they do not know the thoughts of Yahweh,

and they do not understand his plan,

that he has gathered them as sheaves

to his threshing floor.

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion,

for your horn I will make as iron

and your hooves as bronze.

And you will break many peoples in pieces,

and their gain you will devote to destruction to Yahweh,

and their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.”

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Now also many nations are gathered against thee,

That say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

But they know not the thoughts of the Lord,

Neither understand they his counsel:

For he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion:

For I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass:

And thou shalt beat in pieces many people:

And I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord,

And their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

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