Yeremia 24:5

24:5 “I, the Lord, the God of Israel, say: ‘The exiles whom I sent away from here to the land of Babylon ¹  are like those good figs. I consider them to be good.

Mikha 4:10

4:10 Twist and strain, ²  Daughter Zion, as if you were in labor!

For you will leave the city

and live in the open field.

You will go to Babylon,

but there you will be rescued.

There the Lord will deliver ³  you

from the power ⁴  of your enemies.

[24:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4.

[4:10]  ² tn Or perhaps “scream”; NRSV, TEV, NLT “groan.”

[4:10]  ³ tn Or “redeem” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand.” The Hebrew idiom is a metonymy for power or control.