Micah 1:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The people living in Maroth wait for something good to happen, even though trouble has come down from the Lord and has reached the city gate of Jerusalem.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:19

Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you hate Zion? You hurt us so badly that we cannot be made well again. Why did you do that? We were hoping for peace, but nothing good has come. We were hoping for a time of healing, but only terror came.

Micah 1:9

Samaria’s wound cannot be healed. Her disease has spread to Judah. It has reached the city gate of my people; it has spread all the way to Jerusalem.

Amos 3:6

If people hear the warning blast of a trumpet, they shake with fear. If trouble comes to a city, the Lord caused it to happen.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped to have peace, but nothing good has come. We hoped that he would forgive us, but only disaster has come.

Isaiah 45:7

I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause trouble. I, the Lord, do all these things.

Job 30:26

But when I hoped for good, trouble came instead. When I looked for light, darkness came.

1 Samuel 4:13

Eli was worried about the Holy Box, so he was sitting there by the city gate waiting and watching when the Benjamite man came into Shiloh and told the bad news. All the people in town began to cry loudly.

Ruth 1:20

But Naomi told the people, “Don’t call me Naomi; call me Marah. Use this name because God All-Powerful has made my life very sad.