Micah 4:6-10

New International Version

“I will gather the lame;^(A)
    I will assemble the exiles^(B)
    and those I have brought to grief.^(C)
7 I will make the lame my remnant,^(D)
    those driven away a strong nation.^(E)
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion^(F)
    from that day and forever.^(G)
8 As for you, watchtower of the flock,
    stronghold^[a] of Daughter Zion,
the former dominion will be restored^(H) to you;
    kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.^(I)”

⁹ Why do you now cry aloud—
    have you no king^[b](J)?
Has your ruler^[c] perished,
    that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?^(K)
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;^(L)
    there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem^(M) you
    out of the hand of your enemies.