Micah 1:12 “For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from…”

Micah 1:12

For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

World English Bible

For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

American Standard Version

For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the inhabitant of Maroth wayted for good, but euill came from the Lord vnto the gate of Ierusalem.

Darby Translation

For the inhabitress of Maroth waited anxiously for good; but evil hath come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation

For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

Bible in Basic English

For the one living in Maroth is waiting for good: for evil has come down from the Lord to the doorways of Jerusalem.

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Cross references

“Maroth”

Ruth 1:20

Ruth 1:20 · BSB

“Do not call me Naomi, ” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.

“waited carefully”

Jeremiah 14:19 Job 30:26 Isaiah 59:9–11 Jeremiah 8:15 1 Samuel 4:13

Jeremiah 14:19 · BSB

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

Job 30:26 · BSB

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Isaiah 59:9–11 · BSB

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Jeremiah 8:15 · BSB

We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

1 Samuel 4:13 · BSB

When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.

“but”

Micah 1:9 Amos 3:6 Isaiah 45:7

Micah 1:9 · BSB

For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

Amos 3:6 · BSB

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

Isaiah 45:7 · BSB

I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.

13Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

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