For the inhabitantof MarothBecomesweakwaitingfor good,Becausea calamityhas comedownfrom the LORDTo the gateof Jerusalem.
"WhenI expectedgood,then evilcame;When I waitedfor light,then darknesscame.
The One forminglightand creatingdarkness,Causingwell-beingand creatingcalamity;I am the LORDwho doesallthese.
Have You completelyrejectedJudah?Orhave You loathedZion?Whyhave You strickenus so that we are beyondhealing?[We] waitedfor peace,but nothinggood[came]; And for a timeof healing,but behold,terror!
[We] waitedfor peace,but nogood[came]; For a timeof healing,but behold,terror!
Ifa trumpetis blownin a citywill not the peopletremble?Ifa calamityoccursin a cityhas not the LORDdoneit?
For her woundis incurable,For it has cometo Judah;It has reachedthe gateof my people,[Even] to Jerusalem.
She saidto them, "Do not callme Naomi;callme Mara,for the Almightyhas dealtverybitterlywith me.
When he came,behold,Eliwas sittingon [his] seatby the roadeagerly watching,becausehis heartwas tremblingfor the arkof God.So the mancameto tell[it] in the city,and allthe citycriedout.
