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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