Micah 4:9-11

9 Why do you now cry aloud— have you no king^[a] ? Has your ruler^[b] perished, that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?

10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you must leave the city to camp in the open field. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you out of the hand of your enemies.

11 But now many nations are gathered against you. They say, “Let her be defiled, let our eyes gloat over Zion!”

Micah 4:9-11 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.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 8:19
• 2. S Genesis 3:16; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 48:41
• 3. S Deuteronomy 21:10; 2 Kings 20:18; Isaiah 43:14
• 4. S Isaiah 48:20
• 5. S Lamentations 2:16; S Obadiah 1:12; Micah 7:8

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "King"
• [b]. Or "Ruler"