When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
Micah 1:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For the inhabitant of Marot waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Yerushalayim. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
I form the light, and create darkness; I make shalom, and create evil. I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Have you utterly rejected Yehudah? has your soul loathed Tziyon? why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for shalom, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
We looked for shalom, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
Does the shofar alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn't done it?
For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Yehudah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Yerushalayim.
She said to them, *Don't call me Na`omi 1, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
When he came, behold, `Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.