When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
Micah 1:12 - Y'all Version Bible For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from YHWH to the gate of Jerusalem. 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, darkness came.
I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am YHWH, who does all these things.
Have you rejected-rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why do you strike us with no hope of healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came, and for a time of healing, but there is only terror!
We looked for peace, but no good came, and for a time of healing, but there is only terror!
Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and YHWH hasn’t done it?
For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
She said to them, “Y’all must no longer call me Naomi. Y’all must call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his seat by the road watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.