Micah 1:12

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:19 : 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
  • Mic 1:9 : 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
  • Isa 59:9-9 : 9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
  • Jer 8:15 : 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
  • Ruth 1:20 : 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
  • 1 Sam 4:13 : 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
  • Job 30:26 : 26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

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