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10 Daughter of Zion, writhe in pain and groan like a woman in labor.
    Now you will leave the city,
    live in the open fields,
        and go to Babylon.
            There you will be rescued.
            There Yahweh will reclaim you from your enemies.

11 But now many nations gather against you.
    They say, “Let’s dishonor Zion and gloat over it.”
12 They don’t know the thoughts of Yahweh or understand his plan.
    He will bring them together
        like cut grain on the threshing floor.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 4:12 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

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;(A)
    there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(B) 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(C) over Zion!”
12 But they do not know
    the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(D)
    that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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