Micah 4:10 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Zion will go into exile in Babylon, yet there, in the very place of captivity, the Lord will redeem her.
What Does Micah 4:10 Mean?
The labor pains are named: Zion will leave the city, dwell in the open field, and go all the way to Babylon. It is a clear word of coming exile, spoken long before it came to pass. The pain is real and the road is long.
Yet the promise turns at the darkest point. 'There', in Babylon itself, the Lord will redeem her from her enemies. God does not abandon His people in their captivity; He meets them there. The verse assures every soul in exile that no place is beyond His reach, and that redemption often comes precisely where we feel most lost.
Micah 4:10 in the Original Language
ga'al (גָּאַל), 'redeem' -- to buy back, to rescue as a kinsman reclaims what belongs to the family.
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What does Micah 4:10 mean?
Zion will go into exile in Babylon, yet there, in the very place of captivity, the Lord will redeem her.