Micah 4:9

Now, why do you shout so loudly? 1 Is there no king among you? 1 Has your counselor died? 1 Is this why pain grips you like that of a woman in labor? 1

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In The King James Version

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

In Context

8As for you, watchtower for the flock, 1 hill of the daughter of Zion— 1 to you it will come, your former dominion will be restored, 1 the kingdom that belongs to the daughter of Jerusalem. 1

10Be in pain 1 and labor to give birth, 1 daughter of Zion, 1 like a woman in labor. 1 For now you will you go out of the city, 1 live in the field, 1 and go to Babylon. 1 There you will be rescued. 1 There Yahweh will rescue you 1 from the hand of your enemies. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:1See, the Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah 1 support and staff: the whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water, 1

Isaiah 21:3Therefore my loins are filled with pain; 1 pains like the pains of a woman in labor have taken hold of me; 1 I am bowed down by what I heard; I am disturbed by what I saw. 1

Jeremiah 4:21How long will I see the standard? Will I hear the sound of the horn?

Jeremiah 8:19Behold! The screaming voice of the daughter of my people from a land far away! Is Yahweh not in Zion? 1 Is her king no longer there? Why then do they provoke me to anger with their carved figures and their worthless foreign idols? 1

Jeremiah 30:6Ask and see if a man bears a child. 1 Why do I see every young man with his hand on his loins like a woman bearing a child? 1 Why have all their faces become pale? 1

Jeremiah 30:10So you, my servant Jacob, do not fear—this is Yahweh's declaration—and do not be dismayed, Israel. 1 For see, I am about to bring you back from far away, and your descendants from the land of captivity. 1 Jacob will return and be at peace; he will be secure, and there will be no more terror. 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 4:9-13

Judgments and Mercies. ( b. c. 726.) 8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. 10 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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