now. mean-while: i.e. before that day. Compare Micah 4:11 and Micah 5:1.
even to. as far as. Compare Isaiah 39:7; Isaiah 43:14.
Babylon. May "not have been on Micah's political horizon", but it was on Jehovah's. Compare Amos 5:25-27; Acts 7:42; Acts 7:43.
there... there. Note the repetition for emphasis: i.e. there and then in that future day.
redeem. redeem [as. kinsman]. Hebrew. ga'al. See note on Exodus 6:6.