Micah 5:3

“Therefore will he give them up, etc.] Or “notwithstanding”, as this particle signifies; (see <280214>Hosea 2:14); though all this shall be, yet, previous to the birth of this person, the Lord would give up the Jews to trouble and distress, and into the hands of their enemies; and the time from this prophet to the birth of Christ was a time for the most part of great trouble to, the Jews; not only was their country invaded and their city besieged by Sennacherib in Hezekiah’s time, but, some years after that, they were wholly carried captive into Babylon: and when they returned it was troublesome times with them; they met with many enemies that disturbed them while they were rebuilding the…”

“"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 oÅ“ Messiah as her Redeemer (Rom 11:26) in the last days, as the Church's spiritual deliverance synchronized with the virgin's giving birth to Him at His first advent. The ancient Church's travail-like waiting for Messiah is represented by the virgin's travail. Hence, both may be meant. It cannot be…”

“Therefore - Since God has so appointed both to punish and to redeem, He, God, or the Ruler “whose goings forth have been from of old from everlasting,” who is God with God, “shall give them up, that is, withdraw His protection and the nearness of His Presence, “giving them up:” (1) into the hands of their enemies. And indeed the far greater part never returned from the captivity, but remained, although willingly, in the enemy’s land, outwardly shut out from the land of the promise and the hope of their fathers (as in 2 Chronicles 36:17). (2) But also, all were, more than before, “given up” Acts 7:42; Romans 1:24, Romans 1:26, Romans 1:28, to follow their own ways. God was less visibly…”

“He - God. Give them up - To the Chaldeans. She - The daughter of Zion, compared here to a woman in travail, shall be delivered out of captivity. His brethren - The brethren of the Messiah. Those of Judah and Benjamin who were carried captive. Micah 5:4”

“Therefore: Mic 7:13; Hos 2:9, Hos 2:14 give: Mic 6:14; Kg1 14:16; Ch2 30:7; Hos 11:8 she: Mic 4:10; Isa 66:7, Isa 66:8; Mat 1:21; Rev 12:1, Rev 12:2 then: Mic 4:7; Isa 10:20, Isa 10:21, Isa 11:11; Jer 31:1, Jer 31:7-9; Rom 9:27, Rom 9:28, Rom 11:4-6 his: Mat 12:50, Mat 25:40; Rom 8:29; Heb 1:11, Heb 1:12 Micah 5:4”

“"Therefore will He give them up until the time when a travailing woman hath brought forth, and the remnant of His brethren will return, together with the sons of Israel. Mic 5:4. And He will stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah His God, and they will dwell, for now will He be great to the ends of the earth." "Therefore" (lâkhēn): i.e., "because the great divine Ruler of Israel, from whom alone its redemption can proceed, will spring from the little Bethlehem, and therefore from the degraded family of David" (Caspari). This is the correct explanation; for the reason why Israel is to be given up to the power of the nations of the world, and not to…”