Micah 1:12

Overview - Micah 1
The time when Micah prophesied.
He shews the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry.
10 He exhorts to mourning.
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Micah 1:12  (King James Version)
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
 


Maroth
Ru 1:20

waited carefully
or, was grieved.
1 Samuel 4:13 ; Job 30:26 ; Isaiah 59:9-11 ; Jeremiah 8:15 ; 14:19

but
9 ; Isaiah 45:7 ; Amos 3:6