10 (A)Writhe and labor to give birth,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will (B)go out of the city,
Dwell in the field,
And go to Babylon.
(C)There you will be rescued;
(D)There the Lord will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
11 “And now (E)many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes [a]gloat over Zion.’
12 “But they do not (F)know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 4:11 Lit look on