3. "Therefore (because of His settled plan) will God
give up to their foes His people Israel, until," &c.
she which travaileth hath brought forth--namely, "the virgin" mother,
mentioned by Micah's contemporary,
Isa 7:14.
Zion "in travail"
(Mic 4:9, 10)
answers to the virgin in travail of Messiah. Israel's
deliverance from her long travail-pains of sorrow will synchronize with
the appearance o
JFB.
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