Micah 5:3 (DBY)

Passage

Therefore will he give them up, until the time when she which travaileth shall have brought forth: and the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

Nearby Context

Micah 5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

Micah 5:2 (And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)

Micah 5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time when she which travaileth shall have brought forth: and the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

Micah 5:4 And he shall stand and feed [his flock] in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God. And they shall abide; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth.

Micah 5:5 And this [man] shall be Peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight princes of men.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "give", "until", "time", "travaileth", "shall", "brought", and "forth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "give", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "And thou Bethlehem Ephratah little to be..." into verse 4's "And he shall stand and feed his...", so "therefore" and "give" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "give" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.