Yet, when I hoped for good, evil came; when I waited for light, then darkness came.
Micah 1:12 - Tree of Life Version For she who dwells in Maroth has languished for something good. For calamity has come down from Adonai to Jerusalem’s gate. 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. |
Yet, when I hoped for good, evil came; when I waited for light, then darkness came.
I form light and create darkness. I make shalom and create calamity. I, Adonai, do all these things.
Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for shalom, but nothing good came, and for a time of healing, but suddenly, terror!
We hoped for shalom, but it is no good, for a time of healing —and suddenly, terror!”
If a shofar alarm sounds in a city, will people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, has not Adonai caused it?
For her wounds are incurable. For it has come up to Judah. It has reached the gate of my people— even up to Jerusalem!
“Do not call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara—since Shaddai has made my life bitter.
When he arrived, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the wayside watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of God. When the man arrived to announce it in the town, the entire town cried out.