Micah 1:12
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the Lord, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
Note Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Note inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
Note waited…: or, was grieved
For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Maroth
- Ruth 1:20
- waited carefully
- or, was grieved.
- 1 Samuel 4:13; Job 30:26; Isaiah 59:9–11; Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 14:19
- but
- Micah 1:9; Isaiah 45:7; Amos 3:6