Micah 1:12

New American Bible - revised edition

The inhabitants of Maroth hope for good, But evil has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

Cross References

Job 30:26

Yet when I looked for good, evil came; when I expected light, darkness came.

Isaiah 45:7

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

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you really cast Judah off? Is Zion loathsome to you? Why have you struck us a blow that cannot be healed? We wait for peace, to no avail; for a time of healing, but terror comes instead.

Jeremiah 8:15

We wait for peace to no avail; for a time of healing, but terror comes instead.

Amos 3:6

Does the ram’s horn sound in a city without the people becoming frightened? Does disaster befall a city unless the Lord has caused it?

Micah 1:9

For her wound is incurable; it has come even to Judah. It has reached to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

Ruth 1:20

But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi [‘Sweet’]. Call me Mara [‘Bitter’], for the Almighty has made my life very bitter.

1 Samuel 4:13

When he arrived, Eli was sitting in his chair beside the gate, watching the road, for he was troubled at heart about the ark of God. The man, however, went into the city to announce his news; then the whole city cried out.