Micah 1:12

New Living Translation

The people of Maroth anxiously wait for relief, but only bitterness awaits them as the Lord’s judgment reaches even to the gates of Jerusalem.

Cross References

Job 30:26

So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.

Isaiah 45:7

I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, the Lord, am the one who does these things.

Jeremiah 14:19

Lord, have you completely rejected Judah? Do you really hate Jerusalem? Why have you wounded us past all hope of healing? We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’

Amos 3:6

When the ram’s horn blows a warning, shouldn’t the people be alarmed? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has planned it?

Micah 1:9

For my people’s wound is too deep to heal. It has reached into Judah, even to the gates of Jerusalem.

Ruth 1:20

“Don’t call me Naomi,” she responded. “Instead, call me Mara, for the Almighty has made life very bitter for me.

1 Samuel 4:13

Eli was waiting beside the road to hear the news of the battle, for his heart trembled for the safety of the Ark of God. When the messenger arrived and told what had happened, an outcry resounded throughout the town.