Micah 5:3 “Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given…”

Micah 5:3

Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

World English Bible

Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.

American Standard Version

Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore will he giue them vp, vntill the time that shee which shall beare, shall trauaile: then the remnant of their brethren shall returne vnto the children of Israel.

Darby Translation

Therefore will he give them up, until the time when she which travaileth shall have brought forth: and the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore he doth give them out till the time She who bringeth forth hath brought forth, And the remnant of his brethren return to the sons of Israel.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.

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Cross references

“Therefore”

Micah 7:13 Hosea 2:9 Hosea 2:14

Micah 7:13 · BSB

Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.

Hosea 2:9 · BSB

Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.

Hosea 2:14 · BSB

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

“give”

Hosea 11:8 Micah 6:14 1 Kings 14:16 2 Chronicles 30:7

Hosea 11:8 · BSB

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

Micah 6:14 · BSB

You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.

1 Kings 14:16 · BSB

So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

2 Chronicles 30:7 · BSB

Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.

“she”

Matthew 1:21 Micah 4:10 Isaiah 66:7 Isaiah 66:8 Revelation 12:1 Revelation 12:2

Matthew 1:21 · BSB

She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

Micah 4:10 · 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…

Isaiah 66:7 · BSB

“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

Isaiah 66:8 · BSB

Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.

Revelation 12:1 · BSB

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

Revelation 12:2 · BSB

She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.

“then”

Micah 4:7 Romans 11:4–6 Isaiah 11:11 Jeremiah 31:1 Jeremiah 31:7–9 Isaiah 10:20

Micah 4:7 · BSB

And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.

Romans 11:4–6 · BSB

And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

Isaiah 11:11 · BSB

On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Jeremiah 31:1 · BSB

“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

Jeremiah 31:7–9 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’

Isaiah 10:20 · BSB

On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

“his”

Matthew 12:50 Matthew 25:40 Romans 8:29 Hebrews 1:11 Hebrews 1:12

Matthew 12:50 · BSB

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 25:40 · BSB

And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

Romans 8:29 · BSB

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Hebrews 1:11 · BSB

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.

Hebrews 1:12 · BSB

You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”

Also

Micah 4:9–10

Micah 4:9–10 · BSB

Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

4He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.

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