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Micah 4:9

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4:9Jerusalem, why are you25 now shouting so loudly?26

Has your king disappeared?27

Has your wise leader28 been destroyed?

Is this why29 pain grips30 you as if you were a woman in labor?

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  1. 25 The Hebrew form is feminine singular, indicating that Jerusalem, personified as a young woman, is now addressed (see v. 10). In v. 8 the tower/fortress was addressed with masculine forms, so there is clearly a shift in addressee here. “Jerusalem” has been supplied in the translation at the beginning of v. 9 to make this shift apparent.
  2. 26 Heb “Now why are you shouting [with] a shout.”
  3. 27 Heb “Is there no king over you?”
  4. 28 Traditionally, “counselor” (cf. , , , , ). This refers to the king mentioned in the previous line; the title points to the king’s roles as chief strategist and policy maker, both of which required extraordinary wisdom.
  5. 29 Heb “that.” The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) is used here in a resultative sense; for this use see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 73, §450.
  6. 30 Heb “grabs hold of, seizes.”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now why do you cry aloud?

Is there no king in you?

Has your counselor perished,

that pain seized you like a woman in labor?

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Why do you now cry aloud—

have you no king?

Has your ruler perished,

that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now, why are you shouting loudly?

Is there no king with you?

Has your counselor perished

so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

But why are you now screaming in terror?

Have you no king to lead you?

Have your wise people all died?

Pain has gripped you like a woman in childbirth.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So then, why do you shout a loud shout?

Is there no king in you?

Has your counselor perished

that pangs like a woman in labor have seized you?

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Now why dost thou cry out aloud?

Is there no king in thee?

Is thy counseller perished?

For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

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