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Micah 5:3

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5:3 So the Lord¹ will hand the people of Israel² over to their enemies³

until the time when the woman in labor⁴ gives birth.⁵

Then the rest of the king’s⁶ countrymen will return

to be reunited with the people of Israel.⁷

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people of Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn The words “to their enemies” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴sn The woman in labor. Personified, suffering Jerusalem is the referent. See 4:9-10.

⁵sn Gives birth. The point of the figurative language is that Jerusalem finally finds relief from her suffering. See 4:10.

⁶tn Heb “his”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn Heb “to the sons of Israel.” The words “be reunited with” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

sn The rest of the king’s brothers are the coming king’s fellow Judahites, while the sons of Israel are the northern tribes. The verse pictures the reunification of the nation under the Davidic king. See Isa 11:12-13; Jer 31:2-6, 15-20; Ezek 37; Hos 1:11; 3:5.

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