Micah 4:10
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Cross-references
Micah 7:8-13 elaborates on restoration after exile, including return from Babylon and defeat of enemies, continuing the same theme.
Micah 5:3 continues the labor metaphor within the same book, linking the birth to the return of Israel's brothers.
2 Kings 20:18 foretells Judah's sons being taken to Babylon, matching Micah's prophecy of exile.
2 Kings 25:4 records the flight from Jerusalem into the open country, fulfilling Micah's prediction.
2 Chronicles 36:20 recounts Judah's exile to Babylon, directly fulfilling this prophecy of going to Babylon and subsequent redemption.
Ezra 1:1 records God stirring Cyrus to fulfill Jeremiah's prophecy, initiating the redemption from Babylon promised here.
Ezra 1:2 is Cyrus's decree allowing return from exile, directly fulfilling the redemption from Babylon foretold.
Isaiah 45:13 prophesies Cyrus freeing exiles and rebuilding Jerusalem, a parallel promise of redemption from Babylon.
Isaiah 48:20 calls for leaving Babylon because the Lord has redeemed Jacob, a direct echo of the redemption promised.
In Isaiah 52:9-12, the LORD redeems Jerusalem from Babylon with joy — fulfilling the rescue promised here.
Zechariah 2:7-9 calls Israel to flee Babylon and promises God will plunder their plunderers — expanding the redemption scenario.
John 16:20-22 uses the same labor-to-joy pattern, promising sorrow will turn to joy after deliverance.
Jeremiah 6:24 uses the same labor-pain image for Judah's terror at invasion, echoing the distress of exile in Micah.
Mark 13:8 uses the same 'birth pains' analogy for end‑times tribulation—reinforcing the metaphor of suffering before deliverance.
Jeremiah 52:27 records the actual exile to Babylon that Micah 4:10 prophesied — a clear fulfillment.
Jeremiah 50:34 proclaims the Redeemer's strength to plead Babylon's victims' cause — matching Micah's promised redemption.
John 16:21 also compares sorrow to labor pains that turn to joy—mirroring Micah's picture of anguish leading to rescue.
Jeremiah 30:6 again describes men in labor pains, reinforcing the metaphor for coming judgment.
Jeremiah 29:20 directly addresses the exiles in Babylon that Micah 4:10 predicts, confirming the destination.
Isaiah 66:7-9 describes Zion giving birth without labor, contrasting Micah's prolonged labor before redemption.
Genesis 3:16 gives the origin of labor pain as a curse — the very image Micah uses for Zion's anguish before redemption.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 uses the same labor‑pains image for sudden destruction—contrasting with Micah’s use for Zion’s redemption.
Hosea 13:13 portrays an unwise son failing to emerge, contrasting Micah's promise of deliverance after labor.
Hosea 2:14 describes God leading Israel into the wilderness to speak tenderly, paralleling the wilderness journey and redemption here.
Hosea 1:10 promises restoration as God's children after judgment, echoing the redemption from exile promised here.
Jeremiah 48:41 applies the same birth-pain metaphor to Moab's fall — same imagery, different nation.
Deuteronomy 28:32 curses Israel with children taken by foreigners — the covenantal backdrop for the Babylonian captivity described here.