Verse 12

For the inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)} of Maroth{H4796} waited carefully{H2342}{(H8804)} for good{H2896}: but evil{H7451} came down{H3381}{(H8804)} from the LORD{H3068} unto the gate{H8179} of Jerusalem{H3389}.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:19 : 19 Hast thou utterly{H3988}{(H8800)} rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} Judah{H3063}? hath thy soul{H5315} lothed{H1602}{(H8804)} Zion{H6726}? why hast thou smitten{H5221}{(H8689)} us, and there is no healing{H4832} for us? we looked{H6960}{(H8763)} for peace{H7965}, and there is no good{H2896}; and for the time{H6256} of healing{H4832}, and behold trouble{H1205}!
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall a trumpet{H7782} be blown{H8628}{(H8735)} in the city{H5892}, and the people{H5971} not be afraid{H2729}{(H8799)}? shall there be evil{H7451} in a city{H5892}, and the LORD{H3068} hath not done{H6213}{(H8804)} it?
  • Mic 1:9 : 9 For her wound{H4347} is incurable{H605}{(H8803)}; for it is come{H935}{(H8804)} unto Judah{H3063}; he is come{H5060}{(H8804)} unto the gate{H8179} of my people{H5971}, even to Jerusalem{H3389}.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I form{H3335}{(H8802)} the light{H216}, and create{H1254}{(H8802)} darkness{H2822}: I make{H6213}{(H8802)} peace{H7965}, and create{H1254}{(H8802)} evil{H7451}: I the LORD{H3068} do{H6213}{(H8802)} all these things.
  • Isa 59:9-9 : 9 Therefore is judgment{H4941} far{H7368}{(H8804)} from us, neither doth justice{H6666} overtake{H5381}{(H8686)} us: we wait{H6960}{(H8762)} for light{H216}, but behold obscurity{H2822}; for brightness{H5054}, but we walk{H1980}{(H8762)} in darkness{H653}. 10 We grope{H1659}{(H8762)} for the wall{H7023} like the blind{H5787}, and we grope{H1659}{(H8762)} as if we had no eyes{H5869}: we stumble{H3782}{(H8804)} at noonday{H6672} as in the night{H5399}; we are in desolate{H820} places as dead{H4191}{(H8801)} men. 11 We roar{H1993}{(H8799)} all like bears{H1677}, and mourn{H1897}{(H8799)} sore{H1897}{(H8800)} like doves{H3123}: we look{H6960}{(H8762)} for judgment{H4941}, but there is none; for salvation{H3444}, but it is far off{H7368}{(H8804)} from us.
  • Jer 8:15 : 15 We looked{H6960}{(H8763)} for peace{H7965}, but no good{H2896} came; and for a time{H6256} of health{H4832}, and behold trouble{H1205}!
  • Ruth 1:20 : 20 And she said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Call{H7121}{(H8799)} me not Naomi{H5281}, call{H7121}{(H8798)} me Mara{H4755}: for the Almighty{H7706} hath dealt very{H3966} bitterly{H4843}{(H8689)} with me.
  • 1 Sam 4:13 : 13 And when he came{H935}{(H8799)}, lo, Eli{H5941} sat{H3427}{(H8802)} upon a seat{H3678} by the wayside{H1870}{H3027}{(H8675)}{H3197} watching{H6822}{(H8764)}: for his heart{H3820} trembled{H2730} for the ark{H727} of God{H430}. And when the man{H376} came{H935}{(H8802)} into the city{H5892}, and told{H5046}{(H8687)} it, all the city{H5892} cried out{H2199}{(H8799)}.
  • Job 30:26 : 26 When I looked{H6960}{(H8765)} for good{H2896}, then evil{H7451} came{H935}{(H8799)} unto me: and when I waited{H3176}{(H8762)} for light{H216}, there came{H935}{(H8799)} darkness{H652}.