Micah 1:12

For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good news, 1 because disaster has come down from Yahweh 1 to the gates of Jerusalem. 1

Unlocked Literal 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 by, inhabitants of Shaphir, 1 in nakedness and shame. 1 The inhabitants of Zaanan do not come out. 1 Beth Ezel mourns, 1 for their protection is taken away. 1

13Harness the chariot to the team of horses, inhabitants of Lachish. 1 You, Lachish, were the beginning of sin for the daughter of Zion, 1 for the transgressions of Israel were found in you. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:13When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching because his heart trembled with concern for the ark of God. When the man entered the city and told the news, the whole city cried out.

Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create darkness; 1 I bring peace and create disaster; I am Yahweh, who does all these things. 1

Jeremiah 8:15We are hoping for peace, but there will be nothing good. 1 We are hoping for a time of healing, but see, there will be terror.

Amos 3:6If a trumpet sounds in a city, 1 will the people not tremble? 1 If disaster overtakes a city, 1 has Yahweh not sent 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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