Micah 1:12

Modern English Version

Indeed the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because calamity has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:19

Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but there was nothing good; and for the time of healing, but behold, trouble!

Micah 1:9

For her wound is mortal, for it has come to Judah; it has extended to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.

Amos 3:6

If the trumpet blasts in the city, are not the people frightened? If there is disaster against a city, is it not the Lord who has done it?

Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, but behold, terror!

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.

Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil disaster came upon me; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

1 Samuel 4:13

When he came, Eli was sitting on a seat by the wayside watching, for his heart feared for the ark of God. Now the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.

Ruth 1:20

But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara, because the Almighty has brought great bitterness to me.