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Micah 4:9-10

Listen to Micah 4:9-10
9 Now why do you cry aloud? 1Is there no king in you? 2Has your counselor perished, that 3pain seized you like a woman in labor?
10 4Writhe and groan, [a] O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor, for 5now you shall go out from the city and dwell in the open country; you 6shall go to Babylon. There you shall be rescued; 7there the Lord will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

Micah 4:9-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 4

This chapter contains some gracious promises concerning the glory and happiness of the church of Christ in the last days; as of its stability, exaltation, and increase, and of the spread of the Gospel from it, Mic 4:1,2; and of the peace and security of it, and constant profession and exercise of religion in it, Mic 4:3-5; and of the deliverance of it from affliction and distress, and the ample and everlasting kingdom of Christ in it, Mic 4:6-8; and then follow some prophecies more particularly respecting the Jews; as that, though they should be in distress, and be carried captive into Babylon, they should be delivered from thence, Mic 4:9,10; and, though many people should be gathered against them, yet should not be able to prevail over them, but their attempts would issue in their own destruction, Mic 4:11-13.

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Cross References 7

  • 1. 4:9 Jer. 8:19
  • 2. 4:9 [Isa. 3:3]
  • 3. 4:9 Jer. 6:24
  • 4. 4:10 [John 16:20, 21]
  • 5. 4:10 [ch. 2:13]
  • 6. 4:10 Isa. 39:6, 7
  • 7. 4:10 See Isa. 44:22, 23

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 4:10 Or 'push'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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