Michée 1:12

12 Car l'habitante de Maroth est dans l'angoisse à cause de son bien; parce que le mal descend de la part de l'Éternel jusqu'à la porte de Jérusalem.

Michée 1:12 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good
Or, "though [they] waited for good" ^F18; expected to have it, yet the reverse befell them: or "verily [they were] grieved for good" ^F19; for the good things they had lost, or were likely to lose; and which they had no more hope of, when they saw Jerusalem in distress. Grotius thinks, by transposition of letters, Ramoth is intended by Maroth, or the many Ramahs which were in Judah and Benjamin; but Hillerus ^F20 is of opinion that Jarmuth is meant, a city of Judah, ( Joshua 15:35 ) ; the word Maroth signifies "bitterness"; see ( Ruth 1:20 ) ; and, according to others, "rough places"; and may design the inhabitants of such places that were in great bitterness and trouble because of the invasion of the enemy, who before that had promised themselves good things, and lived in the expectation of them: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem;
meaning the Assyrian army under Sennacherib, which came into the land of Judea by the order, direction, and providence of God, like an overflowing flood; which spread itself over the land, and reached to the very gates of Jerusalem, which was besieged by it, and threatened with destruction: or "because evil came down" that is, "because" of that, the inhabitants of Maroth grieved, or were in pain, as a woman in travail.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (yk) "quamvis".
F19 (bwjl hlx yk) "certe doluit propter bonum", Vatablus; "siquidem doluit", Pagninus, Montanus; "quia doluit propter bonum", Burkius.
F20 Onomast. p. 87, 951.

Michée 1:12 In-Context

10 Ne l'annoncez point dans Gath! Ne pleurez point! A Beth-Léaphra je me roule dans la poussière.

11 Passe, habitante de Shaphir, dans la nudité et la honte! L'habitante de Tsaanan n'ose sortir. Le deuil de Beth-Haetsel vous prive de son soutien.

12 Car l'habitante de Maroth est dans l'angoisse à cause de son bien; parce que le mal descend de la part de l'Éternel jusqu'à la porte de Jérusalem.

13 Attelle les coursiers au char, habitante de Lakis! Tu as été le commencement du péché pour la fille de Sion; car en toi ont été trouvés les crimes d'Israël.

14 C'est pourquoi tu dois renoncer à Morésheth-Gath; les maisons d'Aczib seront une déception pour les rois d'Israël.