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People of Zion, groan with pain. Cry out like a woman having a baby. Soon you must leave your city. You must camp in the open fields. You will have to go to Babylonia. But that's where the Lord will save you. There he will set you free from the powerful hand of your enemies.
Reference
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Hebrew: Tsîyôwn
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
Hebrew: ʼânach
to sigh
Greek: ὠδίν (ōdín)
a pang or throe, especially of childbirth
Hebrew: chîyl
a throe (expectant of childbirth)
Greek: κραυγάζω (kraugázō)
to clamor
Hebrew: yâbab
to bawl
Greek: παρόμοιος (parómoios)
alike nearly, i.e. similar
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Hebrew: chîysh
properly, a hurry; hence (adverb) quickly
Greek: ὑπολιμπάνω (hypolimpánō)
to leave behind, i.e. bequeath
Hebrew: shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Greek: πόλις (pólis)
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
Hebrew: qiryâʼ
{building; a city}
Hebrew: tachănâh
(only plural collectively) an encampment
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἀνακαλύπτω (anakalýptō)
to unveil
Hebrew: pâṭûwr
opened, i.e. (as noun) a bud
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ἄγε (áge)
properly, lead, i.e. come on
Hebrew: Bablîy
a Babylonian
Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ)
if not
Hebrew: ʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: ποῦ (poû)
as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality
Hebrew: ʼayêh
where?
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ῥαββονί (rhabboní)
God
Hebrew: ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἐκεῖ (ekeî)
there; by extension, thither
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: τακτός (taktós)
arranged, i.e. appointed or stated
Greek: δικαιόω (dikaióō)
to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent
Hebrew: chophshîy
exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
Greek: ἐγγύς (engýs)
near
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: χείρ (cheír)
the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument)
Hebrew: ʼekeph
a load; by implication, a stroke (others dignity)
Parallel theme
Hosea 13:13
Hosea 2:14
Revelation 12:14
Hosea 1:10
Redemption
Isaiah 48:20
Isaiah 43:14
Psalm 106:10
Jeremiah 15:21
References Babylon
2 Kings 20:18
References Lord
Isaiah 45:13
Verse Explanation
The people are told to suffer and leave the city like a woman experiencing labor because they will go to Babylon, yet God promises that He will eventually rescue them from there and redeem them from their enemies.
History
586 BC: Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and carried many Judeans into exile, an event anticipated by Micah's prophetic warning.