Micah 1:12

Though the inhabitress of Maroth waited for blessing,—yet there came down calamity from Yahweh, to the gate of Jerusalem.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 thou over (for you), thou inhabitress of Shaphir, of disgraceful disclosure,—the inhabitress of Zaanan, hath not gone forth, at the lamentation of Beth-ezel, shall he take from you his station,

13Bind the chariot to the steed, O inhabitress of Lachish,—the beginning of sin, was she to the daughter of Zion, for, in thee, have been found the transgressions of Israel.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:13And, when he entered, lo! Eli was sitting upon his chair, by the wayside, watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of God,—and, the man, entered to tell the news in the city, and all the city made outcry.

Isaiah 45:7Forming light and creating darkness, Making prosperity, and creating misfortune,—I—Yahweh, who doeth all these.

Jeremiah 8:15A waiting For prosperity, but no welfare,—For a time of healing, but lo! terror.

Amos 3:6Or a horn be blown in a city, and, a people, not tremble? Or calamity happen in a city, and, Yahweh, not have wrought with effect?

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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