Micah 4:9-10

From Exile to Victory

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Now, why are you shouting loudly?^(A)
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished^(B)
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

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Writhe and cry out,^(a)^(C) Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you will leave the city^(D)
and camp in the open fields.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued;^(E)
there the Lord will redeem you^(F)
from the power of your enemies!

Footnotes:

a. Micah 4:10: Hb obscure

Cross references:

A. Micah 4:9: Jeremiah 8:19

B. Micah 4:9: Isaiah 3:1-3

C. Micah 4:10: Micah 5:3

D. Micah 4:10: 2 Kings 20:18; Hosea 2:14

E. Micah 4:10: Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 45:13

F. Micah 4:10: Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah 52:9-12