Cross references

Micah 5:3

Therefore Israel will be abandoned

until she who is in labor has given birth;

then the rest of His brothers will return

to the children of Israel.

Micah 5:3 BSB

Micah 5:3 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Revelation 12:1–2 (11 votes) and Micah 4:7 (5 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 3 to Revelation 12.

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Which verses does Micah 5:3 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.

  2. Micah 4:75 votes

    And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.

  3. She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

  4. Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

  5. On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God.

  6. Hosea 11:84 votes

    How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

  7. Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor? Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

  8. Hosea 2:93 votes

    Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.

  9. Hosea 2:143 votes

    “Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

  10. Micah 7:133 votes

    Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.

  11. Micah 6:142 votes

Which verses point to Micah 5:3?

The 10 strongest of 18.