Micah 4:11 - Exposition

Now also; and now . A new scene is presented in contrast to the view in Micah 4:1-4 . Many nations are gathered against thee. Primarily the Assyrians are meant ( Isaiah 33:3 ), whose armies were composed of various nationalities ( Isaiah 22:6 ; see below, Micah 5:5 ). Pusey thinks that the reference is rather to the attacks of petty enemies, e.g. in Maccabean times, and in the Samaritans' opposition to the rebuilding of the temple. Cheyne would place Micah 4:5-10 in a parenthesis, and connect the present with the ideal description in Micah 4:1-4 . Let her be defiled; i.e. . profaned, despoiled of her boasted holiness and inviolability. LXX ; ἐπιχαρούμεθα , "we will rejoice." The Vulgate, lapidetur , points to her punishment as an adulteress, which does not suit the context. Let our eye look upon Zion. The heathen anticipate with malicious pleasure the sight of the humiliation of Jerusalem (comp. Obadiah 1:12 , Obadiah 1:13 ).