Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Marot waited anxiously for relief; 1 but rah (evil) came down from Hashem unto the sha'ar Yerushalayim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

In Context

11Pass ye on your way, thou inhabitant of Shaphir, 1 in nakedness and shame; 1 the inhabitants of Tza'anan dare not come out. 1 Beit-Ha'etzel is in mourning; 1 it withdraws from you its support. 1

13O thou inhabitant of Lakhish, 1 harness the merkavah to the swift horses; 1 it was the reshit chattat (beginning of sin) to Bat Tziyon; 1 for the transgressions of Yisroel 1 were found in thee. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:13And when he arrived, hinei, Eli sat upon a kisse by the side of the derech, watching; for his lev anxiously trembled for the Aron HaElohim. And when the ish came into the Ir [of Shiloh], and told it, kol HaIr cried out.

Isaiah 45:7I form ohr, and create choshech; 1 I make shalom, and create rah; 1 I Hashem worketh all these things. 1

Jeremiah 8:15We looked for shalom, but no tov came; 1 and for et marpeh (a time of healing), and, hinei, terror! 1

Amos 3:6Shall a shofar be blown in the city, 1 and the people not be afraid? 1 Shall there be disaster in a city, 1 and Hashem hath not caused it? 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:9-16

Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 743.) 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. 11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he… Read the whole commentary →

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