Charles Ellicott Commentary Micah 5:3

"Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel." — Micah 5:3 (ASV)

Therefore will he give them up.—There is a suggestion here of a parable, setting forth the smallness of Bethlehem, which gave birth to the mighty Ruler who was to come from it. So the nation was to be brought very low before the nativity of the Virgin-born.