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.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible
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

KJV · King James Version
For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
WEB · World English Bible
For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
ASV · American Standard Version

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