Graphic Bible · Scene 9 of 14

A woman in anguish sits beside an empty royal seat.
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Micah 4:9

Zion Cries in Labor Pains

Swords Become Plowshares, and Zion Awaits Rescue · Micah 4

Story guide: The woman personifies Zion in labor-like anguish beside an empty royal seat. She is not a named historical woman, and no literal birth is depicted.

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9Why do you cry out so loudly? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that labor pains have seized you like a woman giving birth?

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