Micah 5:3

Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

Cross-references

Micah 5:7 Parallel

Micah 5:7 expands on the remnant of Jacob's role among nations, directly continuing the same prophecy from verse 3.

Micah 4:10 Parallel

Micah 4:10 also uses labor imagery for exile and redemption, explicitly naming Babylon as the place of giving up then rescue.

Micah 4:7 Parallel

Micah 4:7 promises the lame and outcast become a strong nation under God's reign, complementing the remnant's return in Micah 5:3.

Micah 7:18 Parallel

Micah 7:18 celebrates God pardoning the remnant of his inheritance, the same remnant group from the prophecy in 5:3.

Micah 6:14 Contrast

Micah 6:14 describes ongoing judgment without restoration—contrasting with the temporary giving up followed by birth in Micah 5:3.

Micah 7:13 Parallel

Micah 7:13 explains the 'abandonment' in 5:3 as desolation caused by the people's evil deeds, linking judgment to sin.

Isaiah 10:20 describes the remnant's repentance and reliance on God, matching the restoration of 'the rest of His brothers' in Micah 5:3.

Revelation 12:2 depicts the same woman in labor pains giving birth to the Messiah, fulfilling the birth that ends the abandonment in Micah 5:3.

Hosea 11:8 Parallel

Hosea 11:8 reveals God's compassionate reluctance to give up Israel—highlighting the pain behind the temporary abandonment in Micah 5:3.

Isaiah 11:11 expands on the gathering of the remnant from many nations, a fuller picture of the return prophesied in Micah 5:3.

Isaiah 10:21 declares 'a remnant will return' – the exact promise of the remnant's return that concludes Micah 5:3.

Galatians 4:4 Prophetic fulfillment

Galatians 4:4 shows this 'time' was the fullness of time when God sent His Son — the fulfillment of the birth prophecy.

Genesis 3:15 is the first promise of the woman's offspring crushing the serpent — Micah 5:3 alludes to this with the woman in labor giving birth to the Messiah.

Revelation 12:5 describes the male child born to rule the nations — the same child predicted here as born of the woman in labor.

Jeremiah 31:1 promises covenant renewal for all Israel's families, the restored relationship implied by the remnant's return in Micah 5:3.

Isaiah 66:7 Contrast

Isaiah 66:7 describes a painless birth of a nation—contrasting with the labor pains implied in Micah 5:3 before the Messiah's birth.

Isaiah 66:8 Parallel

Isaiah 66:8 also uses labor for a sudden national birth—similar imagery but different subject (nation vs. Messiah).