Micah 4:10

Be in pain, and labor to give birth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

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WEBBE

Be in pain, and labour to give birth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

BSB

Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

KJV

Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

ASV

Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon: there shalt thou be rescued; there will Jehovah redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

BBE

Be in pain, make sounds of grief, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in childbirth: for now you will go out of the town, living in the open country, and will come even to Babylon; there you will have salvation; there the Lord will make you free from the hands of your haters.

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חוּלִי chu·li writhe in pain H2342 וָגֹחִי va·go·chi and burst forth H1518 בַּת־ bat- O daughter of H1323 צִיּוֹן tzi·yon Zion H6726 כַּיּוֹלֵדָה kai·yo·le·dah like (the) [woman] giving birth H3205 כִּי־ ki- for H3588 עַתָּה 'a·tah now H6258 תֵצְאִי te·tze·'i you will go out H3318 מִקִּרְיָה mi·kir·yah from [the] town H7151 וְשָׁכַנְתְּ ve·sha·khant and you will dwell H7931 בַּשָּׂדֶה ba·sa·deh in the open country H7704 וּבָאת u·vat and you will go H935 עַד־ 'ad- to H5704 בָּבֶל ba·vel Babylon H894 שָׁם sham there H8033 תִּנָּצֵלִי ti·na·tze·li you will be delivered H5337 שָׁם sham there H8033 יִגְאָלֵךְ yig·'a·lekh he will redeem you H1350 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 מִכַּף mi·kaf from [the] hand of H3709 אֹיְבָיִךְ 'o·ye·va·yikh enemies your H341

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–13

Many nations would assemble against Zion to rejoice in her calamities. They would not understand that the Lord had collected them as sheaves are gathered to be threshed; and that Zion would be strengthened to beat them to pieces. Nothing has yet taken place in the history of the Jewish church agreeing with this prediction. When God has conquering work for his people to do, he will furnish them with strength and ability for it. Believers should cry aloud under distresses, with the prayer of faith, not with despondency.

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