Micah 1:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the one living in Maroth is waiting for good: for evil has come down from the Lord to the doorways of Jerusalem.

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  • Jer 14:19 : 19 Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?
  • Mic 1:9 : 9 For her wounds may not be made well: for it has come even to Judah, stretching up to the doorway of my people, even to Jerusalem.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
  • Isa 59:9-9 : 9 For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night. 10 We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men. 11 We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
  • Jer 8:15 : 15 We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.
  • Ruth 1:20 : 20 And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.
  • 1 Sam 4:13 : 13 And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.
  • Job 30:26 : 26 For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

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