Micah 1:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.”
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“For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Micah 1:12 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 1:20“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
- 1 Samuel 4:13When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
- Job 30:26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
- Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
- Jeremiah 8:15We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Jeremiah 14:19Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
- Micah 1:9For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
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