Verse 12

Micah 1:12

American Standard Version

12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּֽי חָ֥לָֽה לְ/ט֖וֹב יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת מָר֑וֹת כִּֽי יָ֤רַד רָע֙ מֵ/אֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְ/שַׁ֖עַר יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

English Translation

For it has been good for the one who dwells in bitterness, for evil has descended from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini

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Chapter 1 Context

1 The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kin... Focus ↗

2 Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be... Focus ↗

3 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high plac... Focus ↗

4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire,... Focus ↗

5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the tra... Focus ↗

6 Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards; and I... Focus ↗

7 And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, an... Focus ↗

8 For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackal... Focus ↗

9 For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people... Focus ↗

10 Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust. Focus ↗

11 Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come for... Focus ↗

12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto...

13 Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the da... Focus ↗

14 Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitfu... Focus ↗

15 I will yet bring unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, him that shall possess thee: the glory of Isra... Focus ↗

16 Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the ea... Focus ↗

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