Micah 1:12

Micah 1:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
• New International Version (NIV)Those who live in Maroth writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the Lord, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the inhabitant of Maroth pined for good, But disaster came down from the Lord To the gate of Jerusalem.

Context of Micah 1:12

10Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah. 11Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you. For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem. 13Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you. 14Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.

Micah 1:12 word by word

כִּֽי־חָ֥לָֽה לְט֖וֹב יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת מָר֑וֹת כִּֽי־יָ֤רַד רָע֙ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְשַׁ֖עַר יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the dwellersיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of Marothמָרוֹתmârôth · MarothH4796
• pinedחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: anticipateH2342
• for goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• calamityרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• came downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• fromאֵת'êth · withH854
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• even to the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for Micah 1:12

• Ruth 1:20“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
• 1 Samuel 4:13When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
• Job 30:26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
• Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
• Jeremiah 8:15We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
• Jeremiah 14:19Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
• Micah 1:9For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
• Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
• Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

Commentaries on Micah 1:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The inhabitant of Maroth - There was a city of a similar name in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:59.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For the inhabitant of Maroth - (bitterness) waited carefully for good She waited carefully for the good which God gives, not for the Good which God is. She looked, longed for, good, as men do; but therewith her longing ended. She longed for it, amid her own evil, which brought God‘s judgments upon her. Maroth is mentioned here only in Holy Scripture, and has not been identified. It too was probably selected for its meaning. The inhabitant of bitternesses…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath. Gratify not those that make merry with the sins or with the sorrows of God's Israel. Roll thyself in the dust, as mourners used to do; let every house in Jerusalem become a house of Aphrah, "a house of dust." When God makes the house dust it becomes us to humble ourselves to the dust under his mighty hand. Many places should share this mourning. The names have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12even to … Jerusalem: God's judgment reaches everywhere corruption has spread (compare Micah 1:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Maroth--possibly the same as Maarath (Jos 15:59). Perhaps a different town, lying between the previously mentioned towns and the capital, and one of those plundered by Rab-shakeh on his way to it. waited carefully for good--that is, for better fortune, but in vain [Calvin]. Gesenius translates, "is grieved for her goods," "taken away" from her. This accords with the meaning of Maroth, "bitterness," to which allusion is made in "is grieved." But the…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 1:12

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Maroth

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Heir
• Lie
• Maroth
• Roll
• Wail
• Carefully
• Jarmuth
• Micah (2)
• Names, Proper

Commentaries on Micah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings