Micah 4:9-10

9 "Now, why do you ¹cry out loudly? Is there no king among you, Or has your ²counselor perished, That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?

10 "³Writhe and labor to give birth, Daughter of Zion, Like a woman in childbirth; For now you will ⁴go out of the city, Dwell in the field, And go to Babylon. ⁵There you will be rescued; ⁶There 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.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 8:19
• 2. Isaiah 3:1-3
• 3. Micah 5:3
• 4. 2 Kings 20:18; Hosea 2:14
• 5. Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 45:13; Micah 7:8-12
• 6. Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah 52:9-12