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“Now, why do you (A)make a loud shout?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your (B)counselor perished,
That writhing has taken hold of you like a woman in childbirth?
10 (C)Writhe and labor to give birth,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will (D)go out of the city,
Dwell in the field,
And go to Babylon.
(E)There you will be delivered;
(F)There Yahweh will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
11 But now (G)many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes behold Zion in triumph.’

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Why do you now cry aloud—
    have you no king[a](A)?
Has your ruler[b] perished,
    that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?(B)
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;(C)
    there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(D) 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(E) over Zion!”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 4:9 Or King
  2. Micah 4:9 Or Ruler