Mic 4:11 | JFB | STEP | 11. many nations-- the subject peoples composing Babylon's armies: and also Edom, Ammon, &c., who exulted in Judah's fall ( ; Ob 11-13). defiled-- metaphor from a virgin. Let her be defiled (that is, outraged by violence and bloodshed), and let our eye gaze insultingly on her shame and sorrow ( ). Her foes desired to feast their eyes on her calamities.

‏ Micah 4:11

11. many nations--the subject peoples composing Babylon's armies: and also Edom, Ammon, &c., who exulted in Judah's fall (La 2:16; Ob 11-13).

defiled--metaphor from a virgin. Let her be defiled (that is, outraged by violence and bloodshed), and let our eye gaze insultingly on her shame and sorrow (Mi 7:10). Her foes desired to feast their eyes on her calamities.