I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
Micah 1:12 - 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. 更多版本King 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. English Standard Version 2016 For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem. |
I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create evil. I, the Lord, that do all these things.
Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? Why then hast thou struck us, so that there is no healing for us? We have looked for peace, and there is no good: and for the time of healing, and, behold, trouble.
Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?
Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it hath touched the gate of my people even to Jerusalem.
But she said to them: Call me not Noemi (that is, beautiful), but call me Mara (that is, bitter), for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.
And when he was come, Heli sat upon a stool over against the way watching. For his heart was fearful for the ark of God. And when the man was come into the city, he told it: and all the city cried out.