But when I looked for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.
Micah 1:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, yet disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the inhabitant of Maroth [bitterness] writhes in pain [at its losses] and waits anxiously for good, because evil comes down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem. Common English Bible How she longs for good, inhabitants of Maroth! Calamity has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version For she has been weakened in goodness, who dwells in bitterness. For disaster has descended from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem. |
But when I looked for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.
I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the Lord do all these things.
Have you completely rejected Judah? Does your heart loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We look for peace but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.
We look for peace but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.
Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city unless the Lord has done it?
For her wound is incurable. It has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
She said to them, “Call me no longer Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.
When he arrived, Eli was sitting upon his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out.