Micah 1:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

Everyone in Maroth hoped for the best, but the Lord sent disaster down on Jerusalem.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you rejected Judah, Lord? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Micah 1:9

The nation is fatally wounded. Judah is doomed. Jerusalem will fall.

Amos 3:6

Isn't the whole city frightened when the trumpet signals an attack? Isn't the Lord the one who brings disaster on a city?

Jeremiah 8:15

We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Isaiah 45:7

I create light and darkness, happiness and sorrow. I, the Lord, do all this.

Job 30:26

But when I beg for relief and light, all I receive are disaster and darkness.

1 Samuel 4:13

He went into town and told the news about the battle, and everyone started crying. Eli was afraid that something might happen to the sacred chest. So he was sitting on his chair beside the road, just waiting.

Ruth 1:20

Then she told them, “Don't call me Naomi any longer! Call me Mara, because God has made my life bitter.